Italian cities: fun and strange facts

A squint building in this Tuscan city is is tilted by 4 degrees to the south.

In 2004, a woman in this metropolis had a colossal breast enlargement, then left without paying the €7,500 bill. She used a false name, so it was reported that police relied on a photo and her outsized bust to try and find her.

In 2015, a dog in this pizza mecca walked six miles from his house to be reunited with his doggy girlfriend.

A chap in this Sicilian town got a friend to shoot him in the groin in the hope of making his ex-girlfriend feel sorry for him.

This enclave near Lugano is Italian, but is surrounded by Swiss territory, cutting it off from the rest of Italy.

The mayor of this Calabria village issued a decree forbidding anyone there from falling ill.

A fountain in this volcanic-sounding Abruzzo village pours local red wine instead of water.

A court in this island capital ruled in 2015 that a Fiat employee could not be sacked for viewing porn on his lunch break.

Also noted for its balsamic vinegar, this city in Emilia-Romagna was the victor in the War of the Bucket.

This town in Emilia-Romagna was the setting for the San Marino Grand Prix, where Ayrton Senna last raced.

The mid-1500s Council of Trent was held in this Alpine town. The Ladin language is spoken by some in this area.

This Ligurian town became a state in 954 and still makes a claim to be independent, a claim only recognised by Burkina Faso.

In a 2010 crimewave in this metropolis, gypsy children were making up to $20,000 a month.

This city stands on an artificial island with a foundation built using 10 million tree trunks.