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The plan of the vanished campo, engraved in the ground

The slab set into the paving of Campo Manin: in bronze, the plan of Campo San Paternian before the 19th-century works
The slab set into the paving of Campo Manin: in bronze, the plan of Campo San Paternian before the 19th-century works Photo: Maspez, Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Everyone crosses Campo Manin looking up, towards the statue. It is worth doing the opposite: at the foot of the pedestal, set into the paving, there is a slab of pale stone traced with bronze letters and lines. It is the plan of this very campo (a Venetian square) as it was before the 19th-century demolitions, with an inscription that says it all: CAMPO S. PATERNIAN E ADIACENZE PRIMA DEGLI INTERVENTI DEL XIX SECOLO.

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