Torcello
Core Reading (see also the bibliography for Origins and Myths)
Ammerman, Albert J., 'Venice before the Grand CanalLink opens in a new window', Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 48 (2003), 141-158.
Calaon, Diego, Quando Torcello era abitataLink opens in a new window (Venice, 2013) [The English text is on pp. 109-118]
Crouzet-Pavan, E., “Towards an Ecological Understanding of the Myth of Venice', in John Martin and Dennis Romano (eds), Venice Reconsidered: The History and Civilization of an Italian City State, 1297-1797Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window (Baltimore, 2000), pp. 39-67.
Dixon Hunt, John, 'Torcello and the Expression of Place,' in John Dixon Hunt, Genius Loci : An Essay on the Meanings of PlaceLink opens in a new window (London, 2022)
Mamoli Zorzi, Rosella, 'Torcello: From John Ruskin and Henry James to Ernest Hemingway,' in Hemingway and Italy: Twenty-First Century PerspectivesLink opens in a new window, ed. Mark Cirino and Mark P. Ott (Gainesville, FL, 2017), 58-67
Nicol, Donald M., Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural RelationsLink opens in a new window (Cambridge, 1988)
Ruskin, John, 'Chapter II TorcelloLink opens in a new window', in John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice, ed. William C. McKeown, 3 vols (Toronto, 2025), vol. 2, 293-303.
Torcello Excavated. A Shared Heritage, ed. Luigi Fozzati, Diego Calaon, Elisabetta Zendri, Guido Biscontin, 2 vols (Venice, 2014), vol. 1Link opens in a new window and vol. 2Link opens in a new window.
Various, Torcello: Alle origini di Venezia tra Occidente e Oriente (Venice, 2009)
E-resources
Le origini di VeneziaLink opens in a new window
Who were the first inhabitants of Venice?Link opens in a new window
