There is a Venice made of industrious silence, expert hands and small lit fires. A town with artisan workshops where, for centuries, tiny treasures have been handcrafted in the form of glass beads. Not simple objects, but fragments of a history that has been recognised as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2020. The result of a joint effort between Italy and France, this recognition protects not only the techniques – from "light" processing to the threading of the beads – but also the language, collective memory and identity of a community that for centuries has transformed glass into sheer beauty.
Visiting Venice also allows you to see authentic artworks up close, observing the craftsmen at work, being fascinated by a world made of transparencies and colours, and taking away a fragment of it – in the form of jewellery, an emotion or a memory.