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Building a lime kiln; the process

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posted on 2025-10-22, 10:08 authored by Ioanna NtoutsiIoanna Ntoutsi
Collectively erecting the dry-stone chamber.

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 buidling 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

2023-11-09

Unique ID

2021SG05-L01-0070

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    lime kilnactive lime burnerKorçëdrystonedome-shaped kiln

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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