VENICE -- Nicola Causin was 17 years old when he started working with glass. "It was like falling in love," he said. That love hasn't faded after 34 years of honing his craft on Murano, a short ...

Venice's hidden secrets. Whether you live in Venice or are just visiting, make sure to head off the beaten track to find some of the city's more unusual features ...

Whether you live in Venice or are just visiting, make sure to head off the beaten track to find some of the city's more unusual features. UK News Website of the Year 2024. News ...

He didn’t start from scratch, though. Although Napoleon closed the Murano glass factories in 1807, the medium underwent a 20th-century revival, and there’s still expert glassmaking in Venice ...

From the chemical compositions that make up their unique glass to the blowing techniques that are passed down through generations, everything is a closely guarded secret and competition is tough. This ...

Venice’s Murano glass production has been deeply affected by the rapidly rising price for gas, which has forced most of the lagoon’s glassmakers to shut down their studios for varying periods.

In Venice, glass has been manufactured for over 1,000 years. To prevent fires from the hot furnaces and keep trade secrets from escaping the city, all the glass factories were moved to Murano in ...

St Mark’s basilica, the most famous and splendid monument in Venice, is now protected by its own small flood barrier, a fixed wall of glass that prevents water in the square from invading the ...