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  • San Marco square. The Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a porphyry sculpture group of four Roman emperors dating from around 300 CE. Since the Middle Ages it has been fixed to a corner of the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. It probably originally formed part of the decorations of the Philadelphion in Constantinople, and was removed to Venice in 1204 or soon after.
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  • San Marco square. The Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a porphyry sculpture group of four Roman emperors dating from around 300 CE. Since the Middle Ages it has been fixed to a corner of the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. It probably originally formed part of the decorations of the Philadelphion in Constantinople, and was removed to Venice in 1204 or soon after.
    em7140734.jpg
  • San Marco square. The Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a porphyry sculpture group of four Roman emperors dating from around 300 CE. Since the Middle Ages it has been fixed to a corner of the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. It probably originally formed part of the decorations of the Philadelphion in Constantinople, and was removed to Venice in 1204 or soon after.
    em7140723.jpg
  • San Marco square. The Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a porphyry sculpture group of four Roman emperors dating from around 300 CE. Since the Middle Ages it has been fixed to a corner of the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. It probably originally formed part of the decorations of the Philadelphion in Constantinople, and was removed to Venice in 1204 or soon after.
    em7140739.jpg
  • San Marco square. The Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a porphyry sculpture group of four Roman emperors dating from around 300 CE. Since the Middle Ages it has been fixed to a corner of the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. It probably originally formed part of the decorations of the Philadelphion in Constantinople, and was removed to Venice in 1204 or soon after.
    em7140735.jpg
  • San Marco square. The Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a porphyry sculpture group of four Roman emperors dating from around 300 CE. Since the Middle Ages it has been fixed to a corner of the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. It probably originally formed part of the decorations of the Philadelphion in Constantinople, and was removed to Venice in 1204 or soon after.
    em7140732.jpg
  • San Marco square. The Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a porphyry sculpture group of four Roman emperors dating from around 300 CE. Since the Middle Ages it has been fixed to a corner of the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. It probably originally formed part of the decorations of the Philadelphion in Constantinople, and was removed to Venice in 1204 or soon after.
    em7140729.jpg
  • San Marco square. The Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is a porphyry sculpture group of four Roman emperors dating from around 300 CE. Since the Middle Ages it has been fixed to a corner of the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. It probably originally formed part of the decorations of the Philadelphion in Constantinople, and was removed to Venice in 1204 or soon after.
    em7140727.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop of Gualtiero Dall’Osto. Gualtiero is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
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  • Tragicomica workshop of Gualtiero Dall’Osto. Gualtiero is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
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  • Tragicomica workshop, Gualtiero Dall’Osto is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150260.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop, Gualtiero Dall’Osto is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150183.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop, Gualtiero Dall’Osto is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150196.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop, Gualtiero Dall’Osto is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150193.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop of Gualtiero Dall’Osto. Gualtiero is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150284.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop of Gualtiero Dall’Osto. Gualtiero is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150275.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop of Gualtiero Dall’Osto. Gualtiero is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150270.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop, Gualtiero Dall’Osto is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150238.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop of Gualtiero Dall’Osto. Gualtiero is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150225.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop of Gualtiero Dall’Osto. Gualtiero is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150268.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop, Gualtiero Dall’Osto is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150244.jpg
  • Tragicomica workshop, Gualtiero Dall’Osto is one of the most celebrated Venice's  "mascherer", the craftmen specialised in traditional mask for Venice's carnival.
    em7150254.jpg
  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat.
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  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
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  • San Francesco della Vigna church. The Relic of Saint Christina. The site was originally a vineyard (Vigna) and a chapel recalled the spot where an angel supposedly had pronounced Pax tibi Evangelista meus to the shipwrecked apostle St. Mark, patron of Venice.
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  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat.
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  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat.
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  • San Marco Basilica, on the back the Clock Tower. The Horses of Saint Mark, installed on the balcony above the portal of the basilica date to Classical Antiquity and were sent to Venice as part of the loot sacked from Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1204).  After a long restoration,  the originals have been kept in St Mark’s Museum inside the basilica and the horses on the facade of the cathedral are bronze replicas.
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  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat with the columns of San Marco lion (left) and San Todaro (right).
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  • San Marco Basilica. The church is one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. The Horses of Saint Mark, installed on the balcony above the portal of the basilica date to Classical Antiquity and were sent to Venice as part of the loot sacked from Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1204).  After a long restoration,  the originals have been kept in St Mark’s Museum inside the basilica and the horses on the facade of the cathedral are bronze replicas.
    em7140536.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140912.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140895.jpg
  • San Marco Basilica. The church is one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. The Horses of Saint Mark, installed on the balcony above the portal of the basilica date to Classical Antiquity and were sent to Venice as part of the loot sacked from Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1204).  After a long restoration,  the originals have been kept in St Mark’s Museum inside the basilica and the horses on the facade of the cathedral are bronze replicas.
    em7141267.jpg
  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat.
    em7140748.jpg
  • San Marco Basilica, on the back the Clock Tower. The Horses of Saint Mark, installed on the balcony above the portal of the basilica date to Classical Antiquity and were sent to Venice as part of the loot sacked from Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1204).  After a long restoration,  the originals have been kept in St Mark’s Museum inside the basilica and the horses on the facade of the cathedral are bronze replicas.
    em7140578.jpg
  • San Marco Basilica, on the back the Clock Tower. The Horses of Saint Mark, installed on the balcony above the portal of the basilica date to Classical Antiquity and were sent to Venice as part of the loot sacked from Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1204).  After a long restoration,  the originals have been kept in St Mark’s Museum inside the basilica and the horses on the facade of the cathedral are bronze replicas.
    em7140577.jpg
  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat.
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  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat with the column of San Todaro.
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  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat.
    em7140556.jpg
  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat.
    em7140553.jpg
  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat with the columns of San Marco lion (left) and San Todaro (right).
    em7140548.jpg
  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat. In the foreground the columns of San Marco lion (right) and San Todaro (left).
    em7140543.jpg
  • San Marco Basilica. The church is one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. The Horses of Saint Mark, installed on the balcony above the portal of the basilica date to Classical Antiquity and were sent to Venice as part of the loot sacked from Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1204).  After a long restoration,  the originals have been kept in St Mark’s Museum inside the basilica and the horses on the facade of the cathedral are bronze replicas.
    em7140539.jpg
  • San Marco Basilica. The church is one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. The Horses of Saint Mark, installed on the balcony above the portal of the basilica date to Classical Antiquity and were sent to Venice as part of the loot sacked from Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1204).  After a long restoration,  the originals have been kept in St Mark’s Museum inside the basilica and the horses on the facade of the cathedral are bronze replicas.
    em7140535.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140915.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140930.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140922.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140916.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140907.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140897.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140886.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140883.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140850.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140848.jpg
  • San Marco square. Palazzo dei Dogi, the Venice's Republic government seat.
    em7140554.jpg
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in  1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.
    em7140864.jpg
  • Sogno Veneziano Atelier, Giulia Russolo is specialised in handmade Venice's traditional dresses for Carnival.
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  • San Trovaso "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
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  • Matteo Tamassia working in Tramontin "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
    em7150124.jpg
  • The Venetian Arsenal (Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian republic's naval power during the middle part of the second millennium AD. It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history"
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  • The Venetian Arsenal (Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian republic's naval power during the middle part of the second millennium AD. It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history"
    em7141228.jpg
  • Sestiere of Cannaregio, Campo dei Mori. According to the legend, the Mori were three brothers from Morea/Peloponese, silk and spice merchants that moved to Venice in 1112. The Mastelli brothers, according the legend, were turned to stone on account of their greed.
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  • Valese Foundry, the last historic foundry surviving in Venice. The owner Carlo Semenzato.
    em7150445.jpg
  • Sogno Veneziano Atelier, specialised in handmade Venice's traditional dresses for Carnival.
    em7150322.jpg
  • The Venetian Arsenal (Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian republic's naval power during the middle part of the second millennium AD. It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history"
    em7141225.jpg
  • Basilica di San Marco church, the exterior of the west facade. The St Mark's dream,, when a angel told him that he would be buried in the islands of the Venice lagoon.
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  • Valese Foundry, the last historic foundry surviving in Venice.
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  • Valese Foundry, the last historic foundry surviving in Venice. The owner Carlo Semenzato.
    em7150437.jpg
  • Valese Foundry, the last historic foundry surviving in Venice. The owner Carlo Semenzato.
    em7150436.jpg
  • Francesco di Pumpo, one of the last traditional Venice's framework craftmen.
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  • Francesco di Pumpo, one of the last traditional Venice's framework craftmen.
    em7150426.jpg
  • Sogno Veneziano Atelier, Giulia Russolo is specialised in handmade Venice's traditional dresses for Carnival.
    em7150297.jpg
  • Tramontin "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
    em7150165.jpg
  • Matteo Tamassia working in Tramontin "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
    em7150142.jpg
  • Matteo Tamassia working in Tramontin "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
    em7150139.jpg
  • Matteo Tamassia working in Tramontin "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
    em7150133.jpg
  • Matteo Tamassia working in Tramontin "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
    em7150123.jpg
  • Matteo Tamassia working in Tramontin "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
    em7150121.jpg
  • Sestiere of Cannaregio, Campo dei Mori. According to the legend, the Mori were three brothers from Morea/Peloponese, silk and spice merchants that moved to Venice in 1112. The Mastelli brothers, according the legend, were turned to stone on account of their greed.
    em7141265.jpg
  • Valese Foundry, the last historic foundry surviving in Venice.
    em7150462.jpg
  • Valese Foundry, the last historic foundry surviving in Venice.
    em7150458.jpg
  • Francesco di Pumpo, one of the last traditional Venice's framework craftmen.
    em7150431.jpg
  • Sogno Veneziano Atelier, specialised in handmade Venice's traditional dresses for Carnival.
    em7150326.jpg
  • Sogno Veneziano Atelier, Giulia Russolo is specialised in handmade Venice's traditional dresses for Carnival.
    em7150318.jpg
  • Sogno Veneziano Atelier, Giulia Russolo is specialised in handmade Venice's traditional dresses for Carnival.
    em7150286.jpg
  • San Trovaso "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
    em7150175.jpg
  • Matteo Tamassia working in Tramontin "squero", one of the last two historic boatyards still building gondolas surviving in Venice.
    em7150135.jpg
  • Murano island. Fondamenta dei Vetrai along the local Great Canal. At  early morning the workers deliver murano glasses at the shops before the tourist arrive by boat from Venice.
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  • Torcello island was one of the first lagoon islands to be populated by  Veneti who fled the mainland to take shelter from the barbarian invasions. Torcello rapidly grew as a political and trading centre and in the 10th century had a population of at least 10,000 people and was much more powerful than Venice.
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  • Torcello island,  the beautiful Cathedral of Santa Fosca founded in 639, with much eleventh and 12th century Byzantine work. Torcello was one of the first lagoon islands to be populated by  Veneti who fled the mainland to take shelter from the barbarian invasions. Torcello rapidly grew as a political and trading centre and in the 10th century had a population of at least 10,000 people and was much more powerful than Venice.
    em7113156.jpg
  • Torcello island, the eleventh and 12th century Church of Santa Fosca, which is surrounded by a porticus in form of a Greek cross. In the back the beautiful Cathedral of Santa Fosca founded in 639, with much eleventh and 12th century Byzantine work. Torcello was one of the first lagoon islands to be populated by  Veneti who fled the mainland to take shelter from the barbarian invasions. Torcello rapidly grew as a political and trading centre and in the 10th century had a population of at least 10,000 people and was much more powerful than Venice.
    em7113153.jpg
  • Burano island, at evening the tourists come back to Venice and the local people goes to the coffees houses, restaurants, or simply to walk around and meet.
    em7113125.jpg
  • Burano island, at evening the tourists come back to Venice and the local people goes to the coffees houses, restaurants, or simply to walk around and meet.
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  • Burano island, the main square with St Martino church. At evening the tourists come back to Venice and the local people goes to the coffees houses, restaurants, or simply to walk around and meet.
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  • Burano island, at evening the tourists come back to Venice and the local people goes to the coffees houses, restaurants, or simply to walk around and meet.
    em7113061.jpg
  • Guanaja, the easternmost of the three Bay Islands. Bonacca, the small capital known as the “Venice of Honduras”. Every inch of the cay has been built on.
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  • Burano island, at evening the tourists come back to Venice and the local people goes to the coffees houses, restaurants, or simply to walk around and meet.
    em7113129.jpg
  • Burano island, the main square with St Martino church. At evening the tourists come back to Venice and the local people goes to the coffees houses, restaurants, or simply to walk around and meet.
    em7113054.jpg
  • Torcello island, the eleventh and 12th century Church of Santa Fosca, which is surrounded by a porticus in form of a Greek cross. Torcello was one of the first lagoon islands to be populated by  Veneti who fled the mainland to take shelter from the barbarian invasions. Torcello rapidly grew as a political and trading centre and in the 10th century had a population of at least 10,000 people and was much more powerful than Venice.
    em7113159.jpg
  • Torcello island,  the beautiful Cathedral of Santa Fosca founded in 639, with much eleventh and 12th century Byzantine work. Torcello was one of the first lagoon islands to be populated by  Veneti who fled the mainland to take shelter from the barbarian invasions. Torcello rapidly grew as a political and trading centre and in the 10th century had a population of at least 10,000 people and was much more powerful than Venice.
    em7113158.jpg
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