campo [Italian]

In Italy, a unit of land area, varying by location. The word also means “field.”

Local unit Equivalents¹ Square meters
19th c.²
Campo Bergamasco = 1 pertica = 24 tavole 662.4
Campo Bolognese = 720 tavole  
Campo Bresciano = 100 tavole  
Campo Ferrarese a bit less than 20 stara; 1 staro = 4 quarte  
Campo Furlano = 1250 tavole  
Campo Milanese Triulzi says = 24 pertiche, which cannot be correct. The Milanese pertica agraria = 24 tavole. It is very likely that if Milan had a campo, it was the same as that of neighboring Bergamo, that is, = 1 pertica = 24 tavole. 654.6
Campo Modonese = 1 biolca = 72 tavole 2836.5
Campo Montovano = 1 biolca = 100 tavole  
Campo Padoano = 840 tavole 3862.7
Campo di Rovigo = 840 tavole 4464.4
Campo Trivigiano = 1250 tavole 5204.5
Campo Veronese = 720 tavole = 24 vaneza 3047.8
Campo Visentino = 840 tavole  

1. Antonio Maria Triulzi.
Bilancio de Pesi, e Mesure di tutte le Piazze Mercantili dell' Europa in questa seconda Edizione novamente riccorretto.…
Venice: Appresso Alvise Valvasense, 1666.
Page 161.

2. Doursther, (1840).

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