The Italian Job: How Venice Stole a Christian Relic
About this episode
This episode explores how Venice legitimized itself by stealing a holy relic and its impact on the city's identity.
There are many ways to legitimize a city, but your first thought might not be to steal a holy relic. The Most Serene Republic of Venice, or La Serenissima in the Venetian language, did just that in its formative years and it fast became the symbol of the city itself. How and why did they do it? Was it indeed God's will? And how has this holy relic shaped its identity? Find out in this week's enthralling episode!
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