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Campo San Barnaba

A field full of liveliness and light-heartedness, it recalls with pleasure and nostalgia the 29 January 1441: on the occasion of the wedding of two well-known Venetian personalities, this place was filled with festive nobles happy for the happy…
Campo San Stae fotografato dal vaporetto.

Campo San Stae

Magical place overlooking the Grand Canal, Venice's main waterway. The imposing white façade of the Church of San Stae and the tiny red building, home to the Scuola dei Tiraoro e Battioro, are the two predominant elements of the Campo dedicated to…

Campo San Pietro

A magical place that infuses bliss and harmony, reached by crossing an iron bridge connecting the island of San Pietro with the rest of the Castello district. A place far from the hustle and bustle of many Venetian places, off the usual tourist…
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

Campo San Lorenzo, in Venice, is home to the church and convent founded between the 6th and 7th centuries. The complex, originally a Benedictine monastery, became one of the richest in Venice, reserved for nobles and inhabited by nuns and friars.…
Il campo San Zaccaria

Campo San Zaccaria

Modest in size, this camp was an enormously valuable religious centre. In addition to the church, there was a Benedictine convent that housed the maidens of the highest and noblest Venetian families: there are many rumours and gossip about this…
Veduta su Campo Santo Stefano dall'entrata del campo da parte di Palazzo Franchetti — (Archivio Bazzmann/Venipedia)

St Stephen's Field

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…
Vista di Campo Sant'Agnese sulla vera da pozzo — (Archivio Venipedia/Bazzmann)

Campo Sant'Agnese

Beautiful field located just inside the Zattere, along the directive that goes from the Gesuati to the Ponte dell'Accademia. Some curious events have occurred here, such as the leakage of gas for the excavation of a new artesian well. Remarkable in…
Campo Sant'Alvise in tutta la sua bellezza.

Campo Sant'Alvise

A genuinely Venetian camp that can become a perfect meeting point to have a cheeky chat Antonio Negretti, father of Jacopo Negretti, better known as Jacopo Palma il Giovane, lived here.
Una parte del campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo

Field of Saints John and Paul

After Piazza San Marco, this square is one of the most monumental in Venice: it is home to the solemn Basilica dei Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, the nearby Scuola di S. Marco and the magnificent equestrian monument dedicated to Bartolomeo Colleoni. Walking…
Vista sul Campo San Polo — (Venipedia/Bazzmann)

Campo San Polo

Dedicated to San Paolo, Polo in Venetian, this field is the largest in the city and its shape echoes the course of the rio that it currently covers. It was the scene of public gatherings, parties and recreational events, also thanks to its enormous…

St Mark's Square

It was named Piazza and not Campo to make it unique and distinguish it from everything else. An apt choice. Where else can you see so many jewels all together? There is no time of day that one can find this place deserted, except in the early hours…
Campo del Gheto Novo, Venezia — (Archivio Venipedia/Bazzmann)

Campo del Ghetto Nuovo

It can be accessed directly from the Fondamenta degli Ormesini or the Fondamenta di Cannaregio. One of the two squares of the Venice Ghetto, it is very large and almost always bustling. It is certainly one of the hubs of social life in the…