City of Refuge

Introduction

‘City of Refuge’

1. Riva degli Schiavoni

‘Most of their people are foreigners’

2. Campo San Giovanni Novo

The hospitality industry

3. Sottoportego della Stua

Sex work in the port district

4. Palazzo Grimani

House of antiquities

5. Borgoloco San Lorenzo

Women, washing and gossip

6. San Giorgio dei Greci

The Greeks and their church

7. Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni

Minorities and the Venetian ‘scuole’

8. Campo Bandiera e Moro

‘Another Byzantium’

9. Arsenale

Shipbuilding and warfare