Torcello Island (English spelling)

Japanese: トルチェロ[島]（英語表記）Isola di Torcello

A small island in the lagoon located about 10 km northeast of Venice in northern Italy. Administratively it belongs to Venice. It served as a refuge when foreign tribes invaded, and the bishopric was moved to the island in the mid-7th century. It flourished as a stopover for trade with the East by galleys, but Venice took control and it began to fall in the 9th century. Canals run around the island, and facing the large square stands the octagonal Church of San Fosca (late 11th century), and to the left of that stands the Byzantine-style Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (founded in 639).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イタリア北部，ベネチアの北東約10kmに位置する，ラグーン上の小島。行政上ベネチアに属す。異民族侵入の際の避難所となり，7世紀中ごろ司教座が同島に移された。ガレー船による東方貿易の中継地として栄えたが，ベネチアに主導権を奪われ，9世紀には落が始まる。島には運河が巡り，大広場に面して，八角形プランのサン･フォスカ教会(11世紀末)，その左にビザンティン様式のサンタ･マリア･アスンタ(聖母被昇天)大聖堂(639創建)が建つ。

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