Shoemaking industry: an ancient tradition still alive in Venice. Stories of artisans, saints and maecenas

Shoemaking industry: an ancient tradition still alive in Venice. Stories of artisans, saints and maecenas

The history of the guild of shoemakers proves that in past centuries the presence of guilds in Venice was important for lower classes who thus became part of the commercial system of the city. Read about how the seat of these Venetian ‘calegheri’, shoemakers and how this ancient tradition continues still nowadays thanks to Mr Luigino Rossi in the museum of the Villa Foscarini and in several other activities.