Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora

Campo Bandiera e Moro o della Bragora, with the church of San Giovanni in Bragora

A smallish and very attractive campo. It’s was pretty quiet when I’ve been there, although its less than 100 metres from the bustling waterfront of the Riva degli Schiavoni, and about 10 minutes’ walk to the Piazza San Marco. The chief cultural attraction is San Giovanni in Bragora, the parish church of the composer Antonio Vivaldi’s family, with some very fine paintings inside

Immediately to the the left of the church is the former Scuola di San Giovanni Battista, a well proportioned buildings now housing the Spazio Levante, offering “yoga, naturopathy, osteopathy and sound healing”.

The north side of the campo, with the Palazzo Gritti Morosini Badoer, now la Residenza, to the right

The Palazzo Gritti Morosini Badoer, on the north side of the campo, is now a luxury hotel, la Residenza. This imposing building has two piano nobili, with rather fine detailing on the main balcony.

Palazzo Gritti Morosini Badoer, Hotel la Residenza

First floor piano nobile of la Residenza

In the south-west corner of the campo, by the entrance to Calle del Dose, is the Antica Torrefazione Caffè Girani. It’s the oldest artisanal coffee roastery in the Venice, founded in 1928 according to this article

Note the opening times.

We did manage to come by a couple of days later when they were open.

The coffee was excellent.