Campo San Martin, Venezia, Italy

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❖Campo San Martin, Venezia, Italy, 2001[for real experience open in full screen]

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A small, pedestrian and gondolas–only square in the eastern Venezia, very close to the Arsenale, the location of the famous art exhibition “La Biennale di Venezia”.

There is a small church of San Martin and a lot of residential houses on this square, as well as an intersection of three canals, two bridges and a little harbour.

A very nice example of what a social public space should be.

Second row of photos bellow are from 1981 when we for the first time we visited “La Biennale di Venezia”. We at that point also walked true this area since that is a natural pedestrian connection with the rest of the city, but Virtual Reality Panoramas were not even invented at that time and these photos were taken with our reliable Pentax SE film camera.

This is a very first square ever made for our collection. We visited this square and made panoramas again in 2007 and 2011. Of course that you are curious to see if it is changed in any way, so visit them now. In 2025 we added last 2 rows of photos from our visit to Biennale in 2015.

Visit square with the same name in Buenos Aires with very different characteristics.

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❖..c l a s s i f i c a t i o n ... s y s t e m..❖
more about evaluation method		more about types of squares
sociability	9	ceremonial	x
uses & activities	9	religious	x
access & linkages	9	social	x
comfort	9	residential	x
image	9	courtyard	x
tourist value	8	with park	x
total	53	street, shopping	x