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The Testa d'Oro at Rialto

Salizada Pio X towards the Rialto Bridge: the Testa d’Oro hangs from the first floor of the corner house, above the shop windows
Salizada Pio X towards the Rialto Bridge: the Testa d’Oro hangs from the first floor of the corner house, above the shop windows Photo: Armin Kleiner, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Hanging from a wrought-iron bracket, on the first floor of an ordinary house, is a man’s head the size of a real one: gilded sheet copper, laurel crown, proud features.

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