Elephanticide
On the side of the deconsecrated church of Sant'Antonin in Castello, there is something which looks like an odd bricked up opening, but it doesn't really look like a window nor a doorway.
The opening was made on March 16th, 1819, with the permission of the Patriarch, because of a slight problem with an elephant.
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