Fucina degli Angeli

The historic homes of the Fucina

Venice

Campo San Filippo e Giacomo

In 1955 Egidio opens the Fucina in the very rooms that had housed one of the family’s old Tuscan wine shops.

The window of the first home.
The window of the first home.
Jean Cocteau in the first home.
Jean Cocteau in the first home.
Jean Cocteau with Egidio Costantini.
Jean Cocteau with Egidio Costantini.

Calle Corona

In 1966 the Fucina moves a few steps away, into a former warehouse; the place gains a garden, enclosed within a courtyard.

The opening of the second home.
The opening of the second home.
The entrance in Calle Corona.
The entrance in Calle Corona.
The garden.
The garden.

The renovation

In 1986 Egidio renovates the rooms, now more modern and better suited to showing the works. The Fucina reopens on 4 October.

The glass violins at the reopening.
The glass violins at the reopening.
The reopening.
The reopening.
The reopening.
The reopening.
The reopening.
The reopening.