History Walks in Venice

Name: Vicenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718)

When you could hang for wearing a fake beard

A spate of killings in the 1100s in Venice by assassins wearing false full beards, led a ban under capital punishment for wearing fake full beards.

Posted in: Curiosities.
Venice rhymes with Wine

Wine is all over in Venice, and always has been

Posted in: Life, customs and ways of doing things.