Burano Island
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My latest Europe trip | Posted:
Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:22 pm
The approach to Burano Island.
Looking back toward the main square of Venice. The steeple tower can be seen. It is in the town square.
On Burano Island the colours on each house have specific meaning. The colour represents your surname. So, for example, The Jones' may live in the yellow home, while the Smiths live in the red one, etc. Each home is colour-coded to represent their kin. Combinations of colours are where there has been a marriage between families.
(Some are quite multi-coloured, meaning that over the generations many families have intermarried)
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