Travels and Legends Presents: Burano, Italy, and the Legend of Lace, Love and Sirens

Burano, Italy is sure to make you happy! The colorful town of 2800 is an often visited retreat from nearby Venice. Its small shops and quaint restaurants make it a relaxing getaway,

Ancient legend tells that lace was gifted to a Burano man by a siren.

One month before his wedding, a handsome young fisherman was tossing his nets in a lagoon in the east sea. A beautiful siren sang to him, tempting and arousing him, trying to enchant him into her clutches.

If you know anything about sirens, they are merciless in their tantalizing and beguiling ways. They stop at nothing to entice young men for their pleasure. But this man was so deeply in love with his fiancée that he blocked and ceased the sirens seductive bait.

The Queen of the sirens was so impressed with the young mans loyalty to his betrothed that she thumped her tail against the side of the boat, creating sea foam which swirled into a beautiful piece of lace. The Queen had gifted him with the very first lace, which became the classic wedding veil.

The young man came home the morning of his wedding and presented the lace to his young bride. She was the envy of all the young maidens of the land, who of course began to replicate the lace by developing needle and thread techniques. Lace was the must have fashion for wedding dresses since.

Burano boasts a Lace School and Lace Museum.

Today, the famous Burano lace is made in five steps by five ladies- each a master of her step in the design process.

The Lace Museum is located in Piazza Galuppi, Burano, Italy, at the palace that was seat of the Burano Lace School.

You might like Veneto Italys legend of the tooth fairy and tooth mouse

Follow for more Travels and Legends <3

I appreciate your support :)