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Campiello del Volto Santo
Traveling along Strada Nova towards Rialto - in the San Marcuola district and immediately after the bridge named after an icon depicting the Blessed Virgin - you come across this small field on the left,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
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...
Campo San Lorenzo
The San Lorenzo field is closely connected to the present religious center which, according to popular tradition, seems to have been founded between the 6th and 7th centuries. According to history, however, it was...