Passage:
In 1291, the government of Venice issued a decree forcing all local glassmakers to relocate their workshops to the island of Murano, located a short distance across the Venetian Lagoon. Although later historians often emphasized the economic benefits of keeping glassmaking secrets contained on a guarded island, the municipal decree itself was driven by a much more immediate concern: safety. Because traditional glassmaking required massive furnaces burning at high temperatures, the timber-framed workshops in Venice posed a constant and severe fire risk to the city's densely built wooden structures. By removing these high-heat operations from the urban core, civic leaders successfully reduced the frequency of destructive urban blazes. Once established on Murano, the glassmakers continued to innovate, eventually discovering techniques to create cristallo, an exceptionally clear glass that became highly prized throughout Europe.
According to the passage, why did the Venetian government order glassmakers to move their workshops to Murano?
- The high-heat furnaces in timber-framed workshops created a severe risk of fire in the city.Cevap
- BThe glassmakers needed an isolated environment to secretly develop clear cristallo glass.
- CFrequent urban fires forced glassmakers to build heat-resistant furnaces on the island.
- DCivic leaders wanted to restrict the export of glassmaking tools to neighboring European nations.