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Firing a lime kiln; the process in the night

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posted on 2025-10-22, 10:07 authored by Ioanna NtoutsiIoanna Ntoutsi
The light is so intense that is is dangerous to look straight into it.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

L01

Rights owner

Ioanna Ntoutsi

Cultural group

lime kiln practitioners

Country

Albania

Place

Leshnjë, Korçë Region

Item/object

The process of firing a lime kiln.

Cultural context/event

Material Culture Documentation

Location

Workshop

Temporality

The operation is still active nowadays, although its operations decline annually.

Intent

Producing quicklime

Date of creation

2023-06-07

Unique ID

2021SG05-L01-0128