I went to the beautiful island of
Murano about 15 minutes, by water bus, away from the main city of Venice. The island is famous for its
glass work. There are many glass blowing workshops and stores all around the island. Fun Fact: The reason there are so many
glasshouses on this one island is because the city of Venice was worried, in the 1500s, about the city burning down so they ordered all of the
glass makers to move their workshops to the island of
Murano.
This is one of the many glass stores. I am looking at this amazing spiderweb made out of glass!!! I don't know how it hasn't broken yet because the web strands are so thin! This is
definitely a "do not touch" kind of store.
This is the piazza, square, San Marco (named after the church that was built on the square). The symbol of Venice is a lion, for strength and courage. If you had a city what would you have your symbol be?
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