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Burano

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Burano is also known for its small, brightly painted houses, which are popular with artists.

There are three stories about Multi-colored houses

I.

The colours of the houses follow a specific system, originating from the golden age of its development.

If someone wishes to paint their home, one must send a request to the government, who will respond by making notice of the certain colours permitted for that lot.

II.

It is said that when the fisherwoman was afraid of the thick fog in Venice, she could not find her house when she went home, so she painted the exterior walls with colorful colors so that the fisherman would not go wrong.

III.

However, after all, the legend added a little romantic color. In fact, the black death pandemic in the Middle Ages. Infected residents painted the exterior walls with "slaked lime" (white) for disinfection. To separate, paint your own exterior wall.

The famous handwork - lace

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One of the most famous legends about Burano narrates that an ancient betrothed fisherman, while he was fishing outside the lagoon, in the east sea, hold up to a siren who tried to entice him by her canto. So he received a gift from sirens' queen, enchanted by his faithfulness: the siren thumped the side of the boat by her tall, creating a foam from which a wedding veil developed.

Came back home opportune in the day of marriage, he gave the gift to his fiancée. She was admired and envied from all the young ladies of the island, whereupon they begin to imitate the lace of the wedding veil employing needle-and-thread more and more thin, hoping to create a even more beautiful lace for their wedding dresses.

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