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Campiello delle Scuole

The Campiello owes its name to the presence the Sephardi and Levantine synagogues. The Jewish Community of Venice preferes the name ​schole​, that is ​schools​, for the synagogues, a term used throughout Europe since the Middle Ages. The peculiarity…
Il campo dei Frari

Campo dei Frari

The Friars Minor of the order of San Francesco (precisely called Frari), arrived in Venice in the thirteenth century (sources attest to its presence between 1222 and 1227). They lived on alms or practiced humble jobs and it seems that initially they…
Campo del Gheto Novo, Venezia — (Archivio Venipedia/Bazzmann)

Campo del Ghetto Nuovo

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…

Campo dell'Abbazia

The Campo dell'Abbazia (or as written in the Campo de l'Abazia nizioleto) can be reached by following different routes, one of these starts from Strada Nova, makes a short detour near the Church of San Felice, runs alongside the Fondamenta della…
Campo della Madonna dell'Orto.

Campo della Madonna dell'Orto

Beautiful terracotta flooring, consisting of 66 rectangular-shaped backgrounds and a central lane that connects the entrance door of the Church of Madonna dell'Orto and the river bank. Each square is delimited by trachyte rock and inside there are…

Campo Manin

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…

Campo San Barnaba

The field is located in one of the liveliest spots in Venice, near Campo S.Margherita, in the center you can admire one of the largest wells in Venice, dating back to the early 16th century where there are two bas-reliefs depicting San Barnaba and…
Veduta del campo di San Francesco della Vigna.

Campo San Francesco della Vigna

The field takes its name from the area that was used as a vineyard until the early 1200s where there was an oratory dedicated to San Marco which - legend has it - while going to Aquileia was surprised by a storm and here in sleep an angel appeared…
Campo San Geremia

Campo San Geremia

Large and wide field that can be reached on foot from the train station or from the bus station (Piazzale Roma) along Rio Terà - Lista di Spagna or, going down to the vaporetto stop "Guglie", it is reached by passing the bridge bearing the same name…
Campo San Giacomo di Rialto — (Venipedia/Bazzmann)

Campo San Giacomo di Rialto

Campo San Giacomo was the area of ​​the Rialto Market dedicated to exchange negotiations and was known to be one of the most chaotic market areas and the center of the market itself. The first document that mentions the market is Giovanni Diacono's…
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.

Campo San Lorenzo

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…

Campo San Pietro

Most of the buildings in the field are of recent construction; until a few decades ago most of the island land was not occupied and except for some houses the only building of relevance was the cathedral of San Pietro di Castello, that is, the seat…