What is a hidden corner
A small place with a story that no monument guide explains: a mark on a wall, a stone, an odd house number, the name of a lane. In the app they have a gold pin on the map and you find them as you walk.
A few examples
- La Vecia del Morter, near Calle del Cappello Nero: the old woman with the mortar, a story Venetians have been telling for centuries.
- The red columns of the Doge’s Palace: two columns unlike the others, and what used to happen in front of them.
- The wicker well of Corte Gregolina.
- The sundial of Sant’Alipio, on the corner of the Basilica.
- The off-centre lion of the Clock Tower: why there is an empty space beside it.
- The head without a nose on the Basilica.
- The rewritten plaque in Frezzeria: an inscription changed out of caution.
- The sign of the dice, a rebus painted on the wall.
- The capitals of the Doge’s Palace: a book of stone with animals, fruit and peoples.
- The walled-up water gate of the Basilica.
Some hidden corners in the St Mark’s area are free; the others come with the purchase.
The series
Some corners belong to a series: following them is a treasure hunt.
- The liagò
- The patere, the carved roundels on the façades
- The leaning bell towers
- House numbers
- The narrowest lanes
- The piere sbuse, the holed stones
- The stones of the theriac
- The fish measures
How you find them
On the map, with the gold pin. With “Listen as you walk” the story starts when you get close, with the sound of a bell.
Where the stories come from
From historical books (Lorenzetti, Tassini, Cicogna) and from checked independent sources; for each corner we keep a register of the sources. The photos are real, with author and licence. The sources.