Murano, Venice · Travel Poster

Not just a view, the heritage behind it. Ella writes about the place, its hidden history, and the details that never make it into the guidebooks, all printed on the poster.

In 1291, Venice ordered every glass furnace moved out to the island of Murano, officially to stop the wooden city burning down. A stricter law followed in 1295, banning the glassmakers themselves from ever leaving, and the real reason became obvious: it was never about fire, it was about keeping the recipes secret. A glassmaker caught fleeing the island could face life expulsion from the guild, years chained to a galley oar, or worse. And yet within that gilded cage they were treated as nobility, permitted to wear swords, immune from prosecution, their daughters free to marry into Venice's most patrician families.

An original illustration, available in colour or black and white, created for the Ella's Adventures travel poster series.

No frame included.

Please note that, to protect the original artwork from copyright infringement, the images shown on this website are low resolution. The poster you receive is printed in high resolution, with all the detail and clarity of the original.