Mar 9, 2013

gondolas on Burano Island

There are a lot of channels and gondolas on Burano Island, but it became famous for its vivid buildings painted with various colours.
Nobody knows whose idea it was to colour the buildings. The legend says that 
it were fishermen, who decided to do it. They got tired of searching for their houses and people turned them into the bright constructions, which are seen from afar.
You can see blue, red, yellow, green and even pink houses there, but the Island's citizens can't choose the colours - government selects them itself.


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