Via del Campo
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Via Del Campo is a paved road that crosses the carruggi in Genoa city centre.
This street is well known for being one of the most representatives of Fabrizio De André songs ( played with Enzo Jannacci ). The song is actually named "Via del Campo" ( it belongs to his Volume 1 album).
The street was also mentioned by Amália Rodrigues in her song "La casa in via del campo".
A long time ago, the street was a trafficking place and a brothel (it usually took place in warehouses or in the famous "locked" houses). Nowadays the street has lost much of its previous meaning and its sinful atmosphere. After ten years, it is now a ring that makes a chain for the old Vacca's door, a famous stop for tourists, that connects the modern seafront of the city to the old harbour. (recently remodelled by Renzo Piano).
The parallel street is via di Prè, named after the Commenda di san Giovanni di Prè.
In the middle of the street, there is Vacchero square, where one can find "la Colonna infame" (made after Giulio Cesare Vacchero's will, which was protesting against the Genoa’s republic ).
At the beginning of the street, there is a pedestrian side in fossatello square, where via lomellini starts and there is Giuseppe Mazzini’s native house, now assigned to a Risorgimento museum.
