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Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, near Torcello at the northern end of the lagoon, known for its lace work and brightly coloured homes. The primary economy is tourism. The primary economy is tourism.
In the past Mazzorbo was variously called Maioribus or Maiorbo (1137), Maiorbenses (1143) or Maiurbo (1228). [4]Jacopo Filiasi, a late 18th/early 19th century historian, argued that the origin of the name Mazzorbo was the Latin term Major Urbs, Major Urbi, and Majurbium, Great or Major Town, and that this settlement was the largest town in the whole of Byzantine Venezia Marittima, the coastal ...
The Lace Museum (in Italian: Museo del merletto) is located at the historic palace of Podestà of Torcello, in Galuppi square, on the island of Burano, near Venice, Italy. [ 1 ] The palace was seat of the famous Burano Lace School from 1872 to 1970.
Atlas of the Lagoon - 103 thematic maps and associated explanations grouped in five sections: Geosphere, Biosphere, Anthroposphere, Protected Environments and Integrated Analysis; SIL – Sistema Informativo della Laguna di Venezia; Lagoon of Venice information; Satellite image from Google Maps; MILVa – Interactive Map of Venice Lagoon
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Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy.It lies about 1.5 km (1 mi) north of Venice and measures about 1.5 km (1 mi) across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). [1]
Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy. Burano may also refer to: Burano (building), a residential high-rise condominium complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Burano (river), a river in Umbria and Marche, Italy; Lago di Burano, lake at Capalbio in the Province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Sony Burano, a digital cinema camera.
Torcello (Latin: Torcellum; Venetian: Torceło) is a sparsely populated [1] island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon, in north-eastern Italy.It was first settled in 452 AD [2] and has been referred to as the parent island from which Venice was populated.