| Page Views: 1,976 Last Visit to Burano: May, 2007 | Burano – colour your soul by Trekki - last update: Feb 17, 2008 |
"Update", November 2007:
As I got Photoshop in the meantime, I wanted to see what it can do to my photos, and ... I am speechless.... So I only exchange some photos, no text.
=> nothing is new here since August 2007 or so.
Burano was among one of the first islands where people settled long time ago in Venezia’s lagoon. As it is situated in the northern part of the lagoon, somehow sheltered by the big peninsula of Cavallino. This gave it a good climate and it also didn’t let mosquitos spread out that much here.
Men lived from fishing nearly all of the time. The women did take care of the homes and also learned the special lace making, punta in aria, for what Burano was very much famous in 16th and 17th century, and still is somehow.
A visit there is a feast for the eyes, as nearly all of the houses are painted in different vivid colours. This makes it a very prominent destination for tourists and also painters and artists, who get inspired by all this colourful world.
I liked Burano very much, although I was a bit sad how much cheap tourism took over and makes a lot of locals sell crap rather than good handicraft. But given time and thus costs of real Burano lace, it is difficult to judge what might be better.
Before I offer you a hand to show you “my Burano”, I would like to express special thanks to Simone, Christine and Sandy, who made me go there, and to my sweet darling camera, without which I could not show you the beauty of Burano as I have perceived it on May 9, 2007.
I still left Burano with several questions, which you can find in my writings:
One is a cry for help of Leyle, our expert in Byzantine art and culture, to explain please the background and name of Byzantine ornaments in Burano. The others are plants I can’t remember the name of and a building with most probably religious background, where I would like to know what it is serving now.
So come with me and enjoy the picture postcard beauty of Burano. If you still haven’t got enough, there are 5 travellogues with more colours inside. |
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| Pros: | "Colour - colours - colours - ahh" | | Cons: | "Hm, somehow overcrowded, but well..." | | In A Nutshell: | "A feast for camera and eye - and stomach :-)" |
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Zvrlj Wed Feb 11, 2009 08:51 UTC
Once again we have become aware of the fact that we have never been on Burano. On our next trip to Venice we'll have to :-) | VeronicaG Tue Dec 9, 2008 19:48 UTC
Such vivid colors saturating homes and landscapes! The lovely old street signs with barely readible etchings are of interest, too.....Burano looks like something out of a picture book! | wroclawiak Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:20 UTC
Du weißt schon, wohin wir fahren. Schöne Seiten!!!! | JLBG Mon Jun 2, 2008 05:20 UTC
Wow, what an arcobaleno of colored houses! An outstanding page! I feel I prefer by far Burano to Venice! May be we will go to Burano and skip Venice, haha! |
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