Una parte del campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo

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After Piazza San Marco, this square is one of the most monumental in Venice: it is home to the solemn Basilica dei Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, the nearby Scuola di S. Marco and the magnificent equestrian monument dedicated to Bartolomeo Colleoni. Walking along the Ospedale civile, you can enjoy a magnificent view of the island of San Michele.

Every last Sunday in June, the SS. Giovanni e Paolo regatta takes place here, in which young people under the age of 25 compete in the complex technique of rowing gondolas with a single oar.

The area initially had areas of salt marsh or marshland, so that the lagoon edge to the north was located approximately where the Scuola Grande di San Marco is today.In 1234, under the dogeship of Jacopo Tiepolo the land was granted to the Dominican friars, who took charge of the reclamation (the field was paved for the first time around 1682), which in the following centuries would reach as far as the present Fondamenta Nuove. As for the episode, legend has it that the Doge dreamt one night that the area was covered in flowers, with a voice in the background telling him This is the place I ha

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