Casa Sibilla

From S. Elena depart the line 41, which leads to Murano in about 30 minutes. Murano, famous for its glassworks, is an island of the lagoon of Venice and is located north-east of the city. is split in its time in seven small islets, separate from channels and RII, and linked thanks to the bridges. Its name "ammurianum" is thought might result from a door or by a Rione of the ancient city of Altino, whose inhabitants took refuge on the Islands under the pressure of the Huns in the year 453

The glass take you to Venice around the year 1000 and, thanks to the influence and to the commercial relationships with the East, the knowledge in the art of glass is brought to the highest levels. Towards the Year 1100 the Fornaci, because of pollution of the danger of fire, I come move from Venice in the nearby island of Murano. And is the way it was born the great fame of Murano, the place where the families is handed down from generation to generation, the secrets and the recipes that nobody in the whole world is able to match.

Places to visit: the church of Saints Maria and Donato; in style Veneto-Byzantine, was built in the VII century and rebuilt in the XII (according to legend it tells the story that has been built above the house where they were the relics of S. Donato and the remains of the dragon that would have killed); to its inside, you can view a mosaic belonging to the same time of those present in the Basilica of San Marco.

The Church of S. Peter martyr erected in the XV-XVI century contains paintings by Paolo Veronese and Giovanni Bellini (Ala right is possible to admire the splendid chapel of the family Ballarin of Murano). The Museum of Antique glass. Located within Palazzo Giustinian, you can admire a collection of prestigious glasses dating back to times when the glass began to assert itself

Your home in Venice.

Elena - Calle Rovereto,5 - Venezia Italia

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