Campo del Gheto Novo, Venezia — (Archivio Venipedia/Bazzmann)

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The Campo of the Ghetto Nuovo — (Archivio Venipedia/Bazzmann)

It can be accessed directly from the Fondamenta degli Ormesini or the Fondamenta di Cannaregio. One of the two squares of the Venice Ghetto, it is very large and almost always bustling.

It is certainly one of the hubs of social life in the Cannaregio district and the sense of Jewish community that characterises it is palpable.

The extensive campo is surrounded by: a set of bas-reliefs dedicated to the Shoah, the Jewish retirement home, two kosher restaurants, another bas-relief in memory of the Shoah, a study room for the biblical texts of the Lubavitch Orthodox community, the home of the old pawn stalls and craft shops (under the arcades), the German Synagogue, the Jewish Museum of Venice, the Canton Synagogue, the Italian Synagogue (just above a kosher tavern) and private homes.

There are also three 15th century wellheads. One, in Istrian stone, is located in front of the Jewish retirement home

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