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

View of the worksite during the night.

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-L01-0129

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Categories

Keywords

lime kiln active lime burner Korçë drystone firing process

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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