Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Neighbourhood Walk
Castello's Byways
START
CAMPO ZANIPOLO (CAMPO SS GIOVANNI E PAOLO)
END
PARADISO
LENGTH
6.5KM; THREE HOURS
Start in Campo Zanipolo, where you can't miss the
Bartolomeo Colleoni statue
(
Click here
). A 15th-century
mercenary commander, Colleoni left the city a fortune on condition that Venice erect a statue in his honour in
Piazza San Marco. Venice took the money but bent the rules, erecting the statue in front of the
Scuola Grande
di San Marco
(
Click here
). Next door rise the imposing Gothic heights of the treasure-packed
Zanipolo
(
Click here
).
