Besides lush palaces and quiet canals, there are many places in Venice that are wrapped in legends, stories and fantasy. La Corte Botera, or, as Hugo Pratt labelled it in one of the episodes of his Corto Maltese (graphic novel/animation) la Corte Sconta detta Arcana is one of them. In the courtyard, in Hugo Pratt’s imationation, there is a door there leads to “other places/worlds”. Sadly the courtyard is closed by a private gate that prevents any view. Except for when someone forgets the gate ajar. Couldn’t resist a thirty second silent and respectful intrusion past the the sottopasso: la Corte Sconta in all its glory…but no time to look for the enchanted door…