Mazzorbo

Mazzorbo is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, which is just over 50 meters west of the island of Burano (or their part of the island of San Mauro ). With this it is connected by a simple, 60 -meter-long wooden bridge. From Venice you go on a Mazzorbokanal ( Canale di Mazzorbo, which is 22 meters wide in its western part, however, to the east of 55 to 75 meters expands ), the Mazzorbo from the north upstream, larger island Mazzorbetto separates. A bridge connection after Mazzorbetto not exist. The westernmost part of Mazzorbo is separated by a 12 to 20 meter-wide waterway from the main part of the island, but connected by two bridges with this. Mazzorbo is reachable from Venice by public transport (line LN). Today's inhabitants work mainly in Burano (tourism) and commute partly to Murano and Venice. As to the other lagoon islands of San Erasmo or Vignole, is also drawn to Mazzorbo vegetables, or operated a little viticulture.

Mazzorbo is traditionally one of the six sestrieri of Burano ( the other five are on the island of Burano itself). The island has an area of ​​52 hectares officially, more 517 945 square meters. However, satellite image measurements give only a length of 945 meters and a maximum width of 320 meters, with an area of ​​little more than 20 acres. Including the neighboring island Mazzorbetto the official face value would be plausible. For Census 2001 364 permanent residents were detected, and 10 on Mazzorbetto. Currently (June 4, 2010) are still alive 329 on the island, in 2011 there were only 316

History

The name derives from the Latin Mazzorbo Maiurbium, the larger city ' means and refers to the former importance of this island. Remains of palisades and fragments of terra sigillata from the second and third centuries in the church of S. Michele Arcangelo occupy human inhabitants, but can not prove continuous settlement. Above all, the island was a refuge for residents of Altino.

As a rise in the 6th century, the water level first erected embankments and raised the floor level of the houses. These dams, however, put a reinforced only at the beginning of the 7th century. End of the 8th century, the sea level began to rise again, after which in turn made ​​building and safety measures. They found in the 11th century, culminating when the old Malamocco was flooded.

Besides a few houses from the 16th and 17th centuries, the church of Santa Caterina from the 14th century is worth mentioning in the Campanile, the oldest bell in the lagoon ( 1318 ) setting.