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How oars and rowlocks are built: the remèr

How oars and rowlocks are built: the remèr

While I went on a trip to Venice I heard about the remèr, a peculiar profession which calls for particular manual skills and an undeniable talent for it. Do you know which its tasks are? If your answer is no, then there are two of us. Not even I had any idea about...
Lost among the colours and traditions of Burano

Lost among the colours and traditions of Burano

Burano: a small island with its thousand colours, small houses and their bright shades, every one next to the other, just as a painter would have painted them with his own hand. Why am I talking about this? Because I found out that Burano, on top of being incredibly...