Mazzorbo, which is connected to the island of Burano via a long wooden bridge called Ponte Lungo, is often considered as an appendix to Burano, and so is often ignored by tourists who are attracted to the latter’s famous brightly-coloured houses. Like many other islands in the north side of the lagoon, it once had a great commercial role and the society was rich and vibrant; but after the year 1000 AD, it too was eclipsed by the growing power of Venice nearby, and soon it became a simple rural island, its livelihood strictly agricultural.
