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Via Del Campo is a paved road that crosses the ''carruggi'' in
A long time ago, the street was a trafficking place and a
In'' via del Campo'', there is the record store that belongs to Gianno Tassio, a good friend of Fabrizio De Andre, who loved the store since his youth.
The commercial hub makes a sort of museum: the people who walk by it can listen to all Faber songs while they can see through the windows the whole records’ collection. Inside the shop, there is De André's famous guitar. It was bought by Giovanni Tassio with all the generous support of the city for the Emergency association. They actually gathered funds for the value of 168 million and 500,000 lire. The money was used to build a new hospital in Sierra Leone, that has been named after De André.
Gianni Tassio died in 2004. His work was led by his wife, Daniela Tassio, until 24 February 2010. The old shop was closed for two years and then the city district bought it and opened it again in 2012 as a multimedia museum dedicated to Fabrizio De André. Its name is Via del Campo 29 rosso.Via del Campo 29 rosso
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Via del Campo 29 rosso
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Genoa
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city centre.
This street is well known for being one of the most representatives of Fabrizio De André
Fabrizio Cristiano De André (; 18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter and the most-prominent '' cantautore'' of his time. He is also known as Faber, a nickname given by the friend Paolo Villaggio, as a referen ...
songs ( played with Enzo Jannacci
Vincenzo "Enzo" Jannacci (; 3 June 1935 – 29 March 2013) was an Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, actor and comedian. He is regarded as one of the most important artists in the post-war Italian music scene.
Jannacci is widely considered as ...
). The song is actually named "Via del Campo" ( it belongs to his ''Volume 1 Volume One, Volume 1, Volume I or Vol. 1 may refer to:
Albums
* ''Volume One'' (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band album), 1966
* ''Volume One'' (Sleep album)
* ''Volume One'' (Fluff album)
* ''Volume One'' (She & Him album), 2008
* ''Volum ...
'' album).
The street was also mentioned by Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), known as simply Amália Rodrigues () or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fado singer (''fadista'').
Dubbed ''Rainha do Fado'' ("Queen of Fado"), she was instrumen ...
in her song "La casa in via del campo".
Guide
A long time ago, the street was a trafficking place and a brothel
A brothel, strumpet house, bordello, bawdy house, ranch, house of ill repute, house of ill fame, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in Human sexual activity, sexual activity with prostitutes. For legal or cultural reasons, establis ...
(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
Renzo Piano (; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable works include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), Kansai International Airport in Osaka (1994), the Whitney ...
).
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
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
’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
Giuseppe Mazzini (, ; ; 22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the ...
’s native house, now assigned to a ''Risorgimento museum''.
The memory of De André in Via del Campo
In'' via del Campo'', there is the record store that belongs to Gianno Tassio, a good friend of Fabrizio De Andre, who loved the store since his youth.
The commercial hub makes a sort of museum: the people who walk by it can listen to all Faber songs while they can see through the windows the whole records’ collection. Inside the shop, there is De André's famous guitar. It was bought by Giovanni Tassio with all the generous support of the city for the Emergency association. They actually gathered funds for the value of 168 million and 500,000 lire. The money was used to build a new hospital in Sierra Leone, that has been named after De André.
Gianni Tassio died in 2004. His work was led by his wife, Daniela Tassio, until 24 February 2010. The old shop was closed for two years and then the city district bought it and opened it again in 2012 as a multimedia museum dedicated to Fabrizio De André. Its name is Via del Campo 29 rosso./ref>
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Via del Campo 29 rosso
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