You are now in the small Campo Manin. Once this square was occupied by a large church which was destroyed by Napoleon in the early 19th century. At the centre will see a bronze statue of Daniele Manin, sculpted and erected here in 1875. Manin was a famous Venetian patriot who was first incarcerated by the Austrians and then led Venice to reclaim its independnece in 1848. He is here accompanied by a bronze of a winged lion, the symbol of Venice, resting upon the base of the statue. Only a minute away through a narrow calle from the square you’ll find the Scala del Bovolo, a splendid spiral staircase built in the Renaissance.
