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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
[[Image:Giudecca unused. | [[Image:Giudecca unused.jpg|thumb|256px|Giudecca's unused banner.]] | ||
* In Dante's ''Divine Comedy'', Giudecca (also spelled Judecca) is the lowest level in the ninth circle of hell (the Inferno), just above Satan. It contained the souls of those who betrayed their benefactors. | * In Dante's ''Divine Comedy'', Giudecca (also spelled Judecca) is the lowest level in the ninth circle of hell (the Inferno), just above Satan. It contained the souls of those who betrayed their benefactors. | ||
* Giudecca is also an island near Venice, Italy. Unlike hell, it mostly contains resort hotels and summer homes, and some 16th-century churches and convents. | * Giudecca is also an island near Venice, Italy. Unlike hell, it mostly contains resort hotels and summer homes, and some 16th-century churches and convents. | ||