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Squares (campi and campielli)

Campo dei Mori

Campo dei Mori, the enclosed space of Cannaregio marked by the sculpted figures of the Mori
Campo dei Mori, the enclosed space of Cannaregio marked by the sculpted figures of the Mori Photo: Doris Antony, Berlin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Stop in Campo dei Mori, in Cannaregio: a small square among old houses, marked by the memory of one family. The Mastelli, merchants whom the chronicles say came from the Morea, had homes and a fondaco (a Venetian trading warehouse) here. Their surname itself became a story: people said it came from the mastelli, the tubs full of coins the family supposedly owned.

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