The third area features artifacts retrieved from a pirate ship wreck.

In the late 19th century local lore tells of a ship wreck on the island with one survivor, an infant.

A gale in the first week of the month left several ships wrecked and continuous rains flooded parts of the country.

Legends abound of local people flocking to ships wrecked on their treacherous shores and helping themselves to liberated cargoes.

Protesters say water displaced by the ships wrecks canal banks, erodes marble walls, and destroys the underwater foundations of the city's palazzos.