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The Dragon and the Glass Umbrellas

17/6/2019

 
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Dragon and three glass umbrellas, Venice

High up on the corner of the Marzaria, where it debouches into Campo San Salvador, is an arresting artefact that takes the form of a wrought-iron dragon, which holds in its mouth a cluster of three brightly coloured glass umbrellas.

​The dragon originally acted as a sign for a leather goods shop, which also sold umbrellas. The shop opened its doors in the 1870s, but closed down at the end of the twentieth century. 

Dragon and three glass umbrellas, Venice

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