Despite aggressive campaigning by the right-wing candidate Renato Brunetta who was backed by the Prime Minister and held an influencial ministerial post in Rome, on March 28th 2010 Venetian electorate chose the pragmatic lawyer Giorgio Orsoni, 63, to succeed the outgoing philosopher mayor, Massimo Cacciari. Sticking to their traditional left-wing views, Venetian voters rejected the [...]
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We are on a mission to help save Venice together with our clients. At GlassOfVenice.com we are passionate about Murano glass and the city where it has been created for centuries. We do not only sell beautiful authentic Murano glass but also strive to preserve the beautiful and unique city of Venice and its global heritage for future generations. [...] We often get questions about the possibility of visiting a factory or a workshop in Murano and witnessing the creation of famous Murano Glass. Unfortunately the artisans we work with and many other high quality Murano glass artists do not open the doors of their workshops to tourists. Yet you can find a way to visit a tourist-friendly mass-market Murano glass [...] The most interesting Murano attraction, little known yet unparalleled in the world, is its Glass Museum or Museo Vetraio. It is located in the Palazzo Giustinian (the Museo vaporetto stop), close to the famous Basilica of Santa Maria and San Donato. This museum boasts the best collection of Murano glass in the world that spans all major periods of glass production on the island from 15th to 20th [...] I returned from Venice and realized I should have bought more Murano glass there. What can I do now?Often people that return from Venice realize that should have bought Murano glass there. Is it too late at that point? It is certainly not, since authentic Murano glass imported from Venice is available on the internet and, upon careful research, can be bought at the same prices that one would find in [...] As with many works of art, it is not always easy to determine whether a particular glass item is authentic Murano glass, and it is even harder to attribute it to a particular master. Over the centuries, there were so many trends and techniques in Murano glass that the spectrum of possibilities of what a genuine Murano glass item may look like is very wide. Yet there are signs to help you decipher the origin of the glass [...] |
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