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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?

Discovering Venetian craftsmanship: the ‘Squero’

Discovering Venetian craftsmanship: the ‘Squero’

Finding out how these particular means of transportation are brought into the world has been a real feast for the eyes, nonetheless a chance to get to know an art that, little by little, though it should be worth of being preserved, seems condemned to disappear. At sunset we arrived at the ‘squero’…

How typical Venetian masks come into the world

How typical Venetian masks come into the world

It happened several times I found myself in Venice while the Carnival was taking place, losing myself within the partying crowd or staring in amazement from below at the spectacular ‘Volo dell’Angelo’.

How does the well-known Murano glass come to life?

How does the well-known Murano glass come to life?

We learned how the glass is modelled and blown, in order to become a proper masterpiece. A really unique and unforgettable experience: a disclosure of this Venetian art as we had never seen it before.