A garden, with its cabin, italian flag and artichokes heads, in the island of Torcello. Known and mostly visited for its old (built around 639) and imposing Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral, Torcello has been the first settlement on the Lagoon. Some 30 000 inhabitants used to live in this rather small island until the 15th century. Then, chased away by the malaria (mal'aria : bad air) they took down their houses and churches and went to rebuilt them in the yet prosperous Venice. Now, gardens stretch over this island where a city used to be.
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