Ponte San Donato in Murano, Veneto (Italy)

Some men of Burano found a floating big marble coffin. Not even the most strong men of the island could fish out of water this miraculous object: only four children were able to do this, thanks to their cleanness.The retrieval of this coffin aroused the envy of the inhabitants of Murano, the near island, because they thought that it had some “miraculous powers”. So they stole the small wine barrel, but it had not any special effect in their island; today the “bottazzo” is in San Donato’s Church in Murano and it’s impressed upon the stone.

Legend from Burano