Squares and fields

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 sea

The field was dedicated to San Paolo or Polo according to the Venetian wording.

Campo San Rocco is one of the few fields that is not crossed or bordered by a canal.

The founding element of this field is certainly the Church of San Stae which is said to have been built before the year 1000 even if the first official sources date back to 1127.

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 S

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

The "Sitting Room" of the Venetians’, one of the symbols of the Republic of Venice and one of the places most dear to the population. It consists of three areas:

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