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Campiello del Pestrin

The Campiello del Pestrin in Cannaregio, with the Istrian-stone wellhead at the centre
The Campiello del Pestrin in Cannaregio, with the Istrian-stone wellhead at the centre Photo: Abxbay, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

You will think you are lost, and that is the right effect: the Campiello del Pestrin is a handkerchief of quiet hidden in the maze of Cannaregio, a stone’s throw from the Fondamenta Nove. It opens between two stretches of the calle del Fumo, a name that perhaps recalls a lampblack factory, the greasy pigment obtained by burning organic substances to make printing inks.

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