Torcello 
Description
This was once the main part of Venice. It's church was the original Cathedral. However, as it's canals silted up into a marshy swamp the Malaria carrying Mosquitoes moved in and the population started to collapse. From a peak of some 20,000 inhabitants the island today has less than 40 permanent residents (though a daily delivery of several thousand tourists). The main site of the island is the Cathedral
Charge
Charge for the cathedral
Getting There
From San Marco catch boat LN to Burano and then change to the "T" shuttle boat. The journey takes about 90 minutes. Alternatively you can walk across Venice to Fondamente Nova and pick up the LN to Burano there, but this still takes over an hour.Latitude: 45.498301; Longitude: 12.418799
What3Words: keyholes.dive.reprimand
