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Torcello Bridge
The Torcello Bridge has the architecture similar to the historical Venetian bridges and has as a peculiarity the absence of the parapet.The Torcello Bridge crosses the Maggiore canal and connects the historic part of Torcello with the rest of the lagoon. Do you know the legend of the Devil’s Bridge in Torcello? The protagonists of the legend are the devil, a girl, a young Austrian and a witch.Legend has it that during the Austrian invasion a Venetian girl fell madly in love with an Austrian army officer. Recalling the classic love stories a la Romeo and Juliet, their union was frowned upon by the young Venetian’s family who forbade the…
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Andrich Museum reopens in April
Here we are!On April 1st 2022 we officially open Casa Museo Andrich in Torcello. Casa Andrich overlooks the Velme and Barene of the Palude della Rosa, from March to September you can see the Flamingos from the banks where you can observe the most beautiful lagoon landscape of Torcello, immersed in a 11,000 square meter vegetable garden. Visits by appointment are carried out from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon.Click here to make your reservation. Between history, works, culture and nature, Casa Museo Andrich guarantees you an unforgettable and unique day with a view of the lagoon. We are waiting for you
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Catering and Events
Do you want to organize an outdoor event?Casa Museo Andrich offers you an immense garden to hold your event and we offer a Catering service with delicious and exclusive dishes full of imagination. For this service, exclusively by reservation, we make use of external collaborations and a competent and specialized staff to make your day unforgettable. In addition to the garden, the tour of the works, Casa Museo Andrich also offers you an enviable and reserved view of the Torcello lagoon with natural apparitions of flamingos. For information and quotes without obligation you can write to info@museoandrich.com or you can call the new manager Andrea at 335.5228854
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Torcello, Let’S Discover The Island
In addition to Murano and Burano, famous all over the world respectively for the homonymous glass and colored houses, there is also an island immersed in the green of the Venice Lagoon and in silence: Torcello. Torcello, one of the oldest places in the lagoon, is currently inhabited by only 11 people.However, it seems that once it counted at least 30,000, but then with the growth of Venice and the changing environmental conditions, the inhabitants of Torcello migrated towards a more stable working future, thus abandoning the beautiful island. Even today in the suggestive Torcello Island you can find monuments with an incredible history: Church of Santa Fosca Devil’s Bridge…
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Di là dal fiume e tra gli alberi
They talk about our beautiful lagoon on RaiPlay RaiPlay has dedicated an episode on the Venice Lagoon: let’s visit Torcello together! https://www.raiplay.it/video/2020/04/di-l-dal-fiume-e-tra-gli-alberi-S2E12-I-lagunari-082195dd-f8f3-4e59-81dc-396876dc2b65.html
