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Squares (campi and campielli)

Campo delle Gatte

A view of Campo de le Gate in the sestiere of Castello, with the façades enclosing the little square
A view of Campo de le Gate in the sestiere of Castello, with the façades enclosing the little square Photo: Abxbay, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

At Castello’s easternmost edge, beyond San Francesco della Vigna, this little campo (Venetian square) has two names. Maps call it Campo Ugo Foscolo, but Venetians still say Campo de le Gate. It holds two memories that seem worlds apart.

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