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The Venetian Glassmakers: Murano's Fire and Secrets
In this episode of The Story of Italy, we turn our gaze from the political intrigues of Rome and Florence to the fiery workshops of Venice’s island of Murano. While previous episodes touched on the Medici bankrollers and Borgia popes, few have explored the dangerous, state-controlled industry that made Venice wealthy and famous. We trace the origins of cristallo glass, a revolutionary clear silica that changed European dining forever, and meet the master glassmakers whose lives were bound to the furnaces by law. You will hear about the strict laws preventing them from leaving the Serenissima…
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