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Detail of the monument dedicated to Daniele Manin — (Venipedia/Bazzmann)

Originally there was a church and it had a different name; today it bears witness to an important figure, key to the Venetian Risorgimento and beyond, in the famous uprisings of 1848.

Campo Manin is one of the major Venetian fields, in size and amplitude.

It owes its current name to Daniele Manin, city hero in the revolution of 1848-49. In fact there is the monument dedicated to him - a bronze statue made by Luigi Borro with, at Manin's feet, a large winged lion with spread wings - which portrays him standing and in a proud position. From this field you can see the house where Manin lived, on which a plaque was placed in memory, positioned between the Cortesia bridge and the San Paternian bridge.

It is precisely the bridge that reminds us of th

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