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Murano: basilica of Saints Maria e Donato An artisan in beige clothing shapes molten glass with tools on a metal rod inside a workshop on Murano island, with brick walls and equipment in the background.
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Murano: basilica of Saints Maria e Donato
Murano: basilica of Saints Maria e Donato The basilica of Saints Maria e Donato, Murano, Italy.

Murano

island, Italy
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Murano, island, north of Venice, in Veneto region, northeastern Italy, with an area of 1,134 acres (459 hectares) in the Laguna Veneta (Venice Lagoon). It was founded between the 5th and the 7th century, and it experienced its major development after 1291, when glass furnaces were moved there from Venice. Murano became the manufacturing centre for Venetian glass, exported in large quantities to all of Europe. It reached its high point in the 16th century,...

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