Veduta su Campo Santo Stefano dall'entrata del campo da parte di Palazzo Franchetti — (Archivio Bazzmann/Venipedia)

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View on Campo Santo Stefano from the entrance of the field by Palazzo Franchetti — (Bazzmann/Venipedia)

A large field located between the Accademia Bridge and Campo Sant'Angelo. Several notable palazzi can be found here, including one that now houses the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory and the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. The last bull hunt took place here.

It is certainly one of the largest and most spacious squares in the city, in the centre of which stands the monument dedicated to Niccolò Tommaseo - a man of culture and academic of the Crusca from 1866 onwards, as well as being known in Italy for having drafted the first Dictionary of the Italian Language and the Dictionary of Synonyms and having participated, together with Daniele Manin, in the Venetian Revolution of 1848-1849.

The monument, whose statue was executed by sculptor Francesco Barzaghi in 1882, has given Venetians the ironic nickname of 'el caga libri' (the book cr

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