Campo: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Created page with "Right|thumb|Campo Santo Stefano<ref>http://www.gonback.com/venecia/e_venecia02.html</ref>|400px A ''campo'', although not a Street by common underst..." |
No edit summary |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Expand}} | |||
[[File:Campo_s.jpg|Right|thumb|Campo Santo Stefano<ref>http://www.gonback.com/venecia/e_venecia02.html</ref>|400px]] | [[File:Campo_s.jpg|Right|thumb|Campo Santo Stefano<ref>http://www.gonback.com/venecia/e_venecia02.html</ref>|400px]] | ||
A ''campo'', although not a [[Street]] by common understanding, is a large paved walkway which typically contains a church and [[ | A ''campo'', although not a [[Street|street]] by common understanding, is a large paved walkway which typically contains a church and [[wellhead]]. ''Campo'' in English means "a grassy field".<ref>Giulio Lorenzetti, ''Venice and its Lagoon'', (1994)</ref> Originally, all ''campi'' in Venice were grassy fields, but over time all of these fields were [[Stone Pavement|paved]] over. There are 168 ''campi'' in Venice. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| Line 16: | Line 12: | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references> | <references/> | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
*[https://sites.google.com/site/venicemaintained/proposal Finn, Paul; Hutchinson, Katie; Ouellette, Jesse; Muller, Ryan. The Building Blocks of Venice: Preserving knowledge of a city's infrastructure and maintenance. Worcester Ma. Worcester Polytechnic Institute.2011] | |||
[[Category:Streets]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:25, 16 June 2014
 |
Please help improve this article by expanding it. |
A campo, although not a street by common understanding, is a large paved walkway which typically contains a church and wellhead. Campo in English means "a grassy field".[2] Originally, all campi in Venice were grassy fields, but over time all of these fields were paved over. There are 168 campi in Venice.
See Also
| |||||
References
- ↑ http://www.gonback.com/venecia/e_venecia02.html
- ↑ Giulio Lorenzetti, Venice and its Lagoon, (1994)