Colour photo: view of the square and the façade of the church of the same name, built in red brick. View from the opposite bank of the canal, whose water can be seen in the foreground with the bridge on the right. On the right-hand side is a group of houses in various colours, and on the left-hand side is a group of white houses. The square is in the middle, with the church in the background.

View of the field and the church of San Lorenzo, from the opposite bank. (Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 - Post production Venipedia)

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Campo San Lorenzo, in Venice, is home to the church and convent founded between the 6th and 7th centuries. The complex, originally a Benedictine monastery, became one of the richest in Venice, reserved for nobles and inhabited by nuns and friars. Marco Polo was buried here, but his remains were scattered during restoration work.

Spacious and airy, the church and adjoining convent dominate the view. It is a place where you can breathe in authentic peace, which conceals a history rich in anecdotes and curious facts, a place that is alive and, in many ways, vibrant.

The Campo San Lorenzo is closely linked to the present religious centre, which, according to popular tradition, seems to have been founded between the 6th and 7th centuries. According to history, however, it was built thanks to the contribution of the patrician family Partecipazio who built first a convent of Benedictine nuns in the 9th century and then the church of San Lorenzo, serving the monastery. Up to the end of the 19th century, the access to the campo was quite different from what we find today, as one had to walk along a narrow calle connected to the Fondamenta by a charming three-ar

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