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I removed this: "It replaced the original fountain with a statue of the goddess Venus. This pagan statue was blamed for an outbreak of the Black Plague. The statue was destroyed and buried outside the city walls to avert its "evil influence"." In actual fact, virtually nothing is known of the first fountain that was replaced by Jacopo della Quercia's. Irresponsible myth-making. I've added notes and references and more detail. --Wetman 22:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Shell-shaped" doesn't really evoke an image. Shells come in tens of thousands of shapes, some very weird indeed. Looking at its form, with its striped paving, I guess what is meant is the common scallop, so unless someone objects I'll go ahead and say so.Campolongo (talk) 09:49, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The article argues the name "Campo" comes from "Campanile" but this sound utterly implausible and I haven't found sources that may corroborate this hypothesis. On the contrary the same page in the Wikipedia Italian section gives a more convincing explanation (which is also more natural to an Italian native speaker). The space where the square lies today was an open space that, before Siena expanded, was outside the early medieval perimeter. On the other hand this is not the only case where the word "Campo" occurs in a toponym to mean "open space" within an Italian medieval town. With the notable exception of Piazza San Marco almost every single "square" in Venice has the qualification of "Campo" instead of "Piazza" Mxmanghi (talk) 21:38, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]