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La Scuola dei Calegheri

The façade of the Scoletta dei Calegheri in campo San Tomà: the ogee-arch portal with the sculpted lunette
The façade of the Scoletta dei Calegheri in campo San Tomà: the ogee-arch portal with the sculpted lunette Photo: Wolfgang Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0

In campo San Tomà, opposite the church, a brick façade with a great ogee-arched portal was for three centuries the home of Venice’s shoemakers: the Scoletta dei Calegheri, seat of the guild that united those who made shoes and boots with those who made slippers and clogs.

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