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The stone nizioleto

El nizioleto de piera: the name of the calle carved inside the oval bordered by a rope, where a relief once stood, almost certainly a coat of arms
El nizioleto de piera: the name of the calle carved inside the oval bordered by a rope, where a relief once stood, almost certainly a coat of arms Photo: Abxbay, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The great 19th- and 20th-century guides explained almost all the names of Venice, calle by calle. Of this stone they say nothing. Yet it is a rare case: a nizioleto (a Venetian street sign) carved in stone.

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