Colorful island Burano, Italy

The island of Burano in Italy may be small (current population: 4,000), but it does not prevent it from being full of charm, culture and color. With its houses painted in long colors, this city is one of the most visited and photographed locations in Italy. Just 40 minutes by boat from Venice, Burano is an old fishing village with a fishing tradition dating to the Roman Empire. The city actually consists of four individual islands separated by narrow canals and connected by a multitude of beautiful pedestrian bridges.

Burano was founded by the Romans who built the first houses here from wool and mud, and later these simple buildings were replaced by brick houses when the tradition of painting them in the vibrant rainbow colors. No one can safely say why all the houses in Burano are so colored, but according to a story, when the fishermen came back from the sea long ago, they could not identify their homes through the fog, so they began to paint them in different colors. For centuries every family in Burano has its "protective paint" of the home. If someone wants to paint his home he has to send a request to the government to answer what colors he can use. In addition to colorful houses, the island is also known for its lace. Women of the island have been experts in lace work since the 1400s and they became known when Leonardo da Vinci bought a cloth used on the altar located in the Duomo di Milano.