Venice is full of curiosities, often scattered around the city in the most unlikely of places.

Names with a story

• Streets in Venice
• Alleyways of Fire
• Venice rhymes with Wine
• Odd names in Venice – what were they thinking?

Things and stuff

• An ancient game board in Venice
• Long live the doge
• Paterae – medieval Constan­tinople in Venice
• Runes in Venice
• The mysterious hooks of fortune at San Canciano

Saints and relics

• The Bones of Santa Claus
• The journeys of a dead saint

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