The Italian government announced on Aug. 8 that cruise ships will no longer be allowed to travel through the city of Venice’s main canal; they now will be rerouted around the city.

Venice has been fighting to keep cruise ships out of its canals for years, citing damage to buildings from the wakes of ships plus the unsightly image of cruise ships towering over its picturesque setting.

Travelers flying to Jamaica can eschew the traditional paper Immigration/Customs forms by filling the forms out in advance online. It is the first Caribbean island nation to offer an online Customs form.

To fill out the digital form, visit https://c5online.pica.gov.jm/apply. Flight information and the address of your accommodation in Jamaica are required.

Three museums opened under one roof in Paris, France, on Aug. 25. Called Musée de la Libération de Paris - Musée du Général Leclerc - Musée Jean Moulin (4 Avenue du Colonel Henri Roi-Tanguy; phone +33 01 40 64 39 44, www.museeliberation-leclerc-moulin.paris.fr/en), they are located in a subterranean bunker where members of the French Resistance met in 1944 to help organize the city’s liberation from Nazi occupation.

Of its namesakes, General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque was...