Editing Torcello (section)

{{Short description|Island of the Venetian Lagoon, Italy}}
{{Infobox islands
| name             = Torcello
| image_name       = Venezia - Torcello 01.JPG
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| image_caption    = View of Torcello
| image_alt        = 
| map = Venetian Lagoon
| location         = 
| coordinates      =  {{coord|45.496565|N|12.417313|E|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| archipelago      = 
| waterbody        = [[Venetian Lagoon]]
| area_m2         = 
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| coastline_km     = <!-- or coastline m  -->
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| country          = [[Italy]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1   = [[Regions of Italy|Region]]
| country_admin_divisions_1         = [[Veneto]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2   = [[Provinces of Italy|Province]]
| country_admin_divisions_2         = [[Province of Venice]]
}}
'''Torcello''' ({{langx|la|Torcellum}}; {{langx|vec|Torceło, Torseo}}) is a sparsely populated<ref name=dieci>{{cite news|title=Torcello, l'isola che sta sparendo Restano dieci abitanti. E un prete|url=http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/notizie/cronaca/2014/28-giugno-2014/torcello-l-isola-che-sta-sparendo-restano-dieci-abitanti-prete-223481613061.shtml|access-date=24 December 2014|publisher=Corriere del Veneto|date=28 June 2014}}</ref> [[island]] at the northern end of the [[Venetian Lagoon]], in north-eastern [[Italy]]. It was first settled in 452&nbsp;AD<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TNs3BQAAQBAJ&q=torcello+was+settled+in&pg=PT4010 |title = Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia|isbn = 9781135948795|last1 = Kleinhenz|first1 = Christopher|date = 2004-08-02}}</ref> and has been referred to as the parent island from which Venice was populated. It was a town with a cathedral and bishops before [[St Mark's Basilica]] was built.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=itIxAQAAMAAJ&q=torcello&pg=PA304 |page=347 |year=1853|title=A Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy: Being a Guide to the States of Sardinia, Lombardy and Venice, Parma and Piacenza, Modena, Lucca, and Tuscany as Far as the Val d'Arno |last1=(Firm) |first1=John Murray }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3saAAAAYAAJ&dq=torcello+larger+population+than+venice&pg=PA5870 |title=The Home Encyclopædia: Compiled and Revised to Date from the Leading Encyclopædias |date=1895 |publisher=Educational publishing Company |pages=5870 |language=en}}</ref>