Murano glass and vases
The glass and vases of Murano are known all over the world. Murano is a little island located in Venetian Lagoon and linked to the city by bridges and picturesque canals.
But what are the component of the glass ? Glass is product created from silicon mixtures (quartz, sand, sodium, iron, calcium, and more). To create coloured glass, the artisan add some metallic oxides for different colors.Cobalt for blue, Copper for red, and so on.
The Murano glass was born in 1295 when Venetian Republic ordered glassmakers to move their foundries to Murano, because in Venice too much wood buildings was burnt during glass making.
Murano glass industries were soon to become very important on an international level, especially for blown glass and vases. Especially the typical products include crystalline glass, enameled glass, glass with threads of gold, milk glass, multicolored glass techniques, imitated in many countries throughout the world, but the original glass of Murano it's unique.
Glass and vases production of Murano has not changed during the centuries. Nowadays there aren't new techniques to make the special glass of Murano: the result depends most of all on the expertise and the artistic skills of the glass artisan.
If you would like to see how artisan make vases, chalices and tumblers, cups, cornucopie, candlesticks, jewels of Murano, you can take the time to visit the Murano glass factory, were the time was stopped in 14th century.
One of the main attraction that you can see during your visit at Murano glass factory is the typical glass horse, probably the most selled gift to remember Murano and the incredible art of glass.
In Murano you can also visit the glass museum in historical Palazzo Giustinian.
But Murano is not only important for glass factory, this island is also relevant for some monuments such as Santa Maria and Donato Church with Byzantine mosaic, and the church of San Pietro Martire with famous Ballarin chapel.
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