The Byzantine Connection

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Image: 1 Assunta Torcello (image/jpeg)	Santa Maria Assunta (left) and Santa Fosca (right). the Assunta was built initially in the 7th century and rebuilt in the 9th and 11th. Santa Fosca is a matryrium and mausoleum was built in 1011 when the bones of St Fosca were brought to Torcello.
Image: Ven969 (image/jpeg)	Santa Fosca, Torcello, 1011, Floorplan
Image: Ven11 (image/jpeg)	Santa Maria Assunta (and baptistry) and Santa Fosca floorplan, Torcello Cathedral founded by bishop Marro,
Image: Lagoon+Islands+Torcello+Mary+Apse (image/jpeg)	Mary and Child, Santa Maria Assunta, 13th century similar stylistically to a virgin and child mosaic found in the Hagia Sofia
Image: 479635151 B2cd55a2e8 B (image/jpeg)	The Last Judgement, mosaic, Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello, 12th Century

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