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The memorial plaque of the Campo dei Mori massacre

Campo dei Mori, below the Madonna dell’Orto: the 1917 plaque is set high on a façade halfway along the campo, almost illegible
Campo dei Mori, below the Madonna dell’Orto: the 1917 plaque is set high on a façade halfway along the campo, almost illegible Photo: Doris Antony, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Halfway along the Campo dei Mori, high on the façade of an ordinary house, there is a rectangle of marble whose letters are almost erased by time. It is a memorial plaque, and it tells of the darkest day of this campo. We are in the First World War: Venice is within bombing range of the front.

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