The game of Calcio — a rugby-like game — was usually played in the Bersaglio di Sant’Alvise during Lent. Only noblemen could play calcio there.

Source: Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane, published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610, in Venice.

Giuoco del Calzo

Caption

Giuoco del Calzo che si fà nel Brissaglio à S.to Aluise la Quaresima al quale non giuocano se non li Gentil’ huomini.

Translation

The Game of Calcio (kick) which is played in the Shooting Ground¹ at Sant’Alvise during Lent, in which no-one plays if not the Gentlemen.

Location

The no longer existing Bersaglio di Sant’Alvise, not far from the Campo Sant’Alvise in Cannaregio.

Events or actions

The scene is of a game of calcio, a rugby-like game, popular with the students in Padua, and between noblemen in Venice.

See also: The game of Calcio.

Notes

1. A bersaglio was a shooting ground within Venice, used for obligatory military training in the Middle Ages and later. ↩︎

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