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The dice sign

The sotoportego (covered passage) of the Rio Terà de le Colonne: the Latin plaque recalls the rio culverted in 1837. The fresco is on the ceiling right here
The sotoportego (covered passage) of the Rio Terà de le Colonne: the Latin plaque recalls the rio culverted in 1837. The fresco is on the ceiling right here Photo: Giovanni Dall’Orto, Wikimedia Commons, Attribution

Under this portico there are two memorials that do not agree. On the wall, a Latin plaque recalls the works of 1837, when the rio de le Colone (a Venetian canal) was filled in and the ponte de le Campane demolished. On the ceiling, the fresco: a lantern, a pot, three dice, a date.

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