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The entrance to the field in the direction of San Provolo is noteworthy for its late-Gothic portal (built by the Bon school), decorated with bas-reliefs depicting San Zaccaria (above) and the Virgin and Child flanked by San Giovanni Battista and San…

Campo Sant'Agnese, as happens for most of the Venetian fields, takes its name from the adjacent place of worship dedicated to the patron saint of young women and gardeners. The sixteenth-century well from the field is of considerable size, made up…

The field takes its name from the adjoining church dedicated to the saint Luigi Ludovico d'Angiò, in Venice called Alvise which, according to tradition, in the 16th century the Venetian noblewoman Antonia Venier saw in a dream. It is said that the…

Almost rectangular in shape, Campo Santa Margherita takes its name from the church of the same name, now deconsecrated and used as the Auditorium of the Ca 'Foscari University, which closes the north-eastern end of the area. In the mid-nineteenth…

The Campo di Santa Maria Formosa is one of the largest in Venice and is located on the border between the San Marco and Castello districts. In the past it was one of the major centers in the eastern part of Venice, both at a civil level due to its…

The area initially had sandbanks or swampy areas, so much so that the northern lagoon border was located about where the Scuola Grande di San Marco is located today. In 1234, under the dogado of Jacopo Tiepolo, the land was granted to the Dominican…

The sestiere of Cannaregio, the most densely populated district of Venice, is located north-west of the city and is traversed by long, parallel canals. In all probability its name derives from a mispronunciation of the term 'Cannarecium', a marshy…

He was 75 years old (he was born on 5 July 1580). Behind him was an intense political career as rector, podestà and provveditore. His election was unexpected. An inauspicious event weighed on it: two days before his election, while celebrating the…

He was 79 years old, having been born on 11 November 1653. Already at the top of Venetian diplomacy (ambassador to Spain and Austria) and unsuccessfully engaged in negotiations with the Turks at Carlowitz (1699) and Passarowitz (1718) as…

The word Carnival comes from the Latin — carnem levare, that is, to "remove the meat" — originally referring to the first day of Lent. The Venetian Carnival has been celebrated since 1094 under the Doge Vitale Falier, dedicated to public…

Between 1460 and 1465 Vettor Scarpaza/o was born in Venice, later called Carpaccio in modern times. He probably did his apprenticeship with Gentile Bellini, son of Jacopo and brother of Giovanni. Among his first works appeared in 1490 the Two…

This residence represents a particular and fascinating example of Venetian neo-Gothic architecture of the early twentieth century. It was built by the Emilian painter Mario De Maria in 1912-1913 and became his last home; after his death, the house…