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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/07/2026 20:28:00

The Museo del Merletto on the island of Burano in the northern Venetian lagoon documents the history and technique of Burano point lace, a needle-lace tradition that made this small fishing island one of the world's most important centres of luxury textile production from the sixteenth century onward. The museum occupies a building that formerly housed the lace-making school established in 1872 to revive a tradition that had nearly died out during the nineteenth century. The collection includes...