Ala Napoleonica or Procuratie Nuovissime
The derogatory name of ‘Napoleonic Wing’ derives from the decision of Bonaparte to demolish the church of San Geminiano (a very old place of worship which was rebuilt in the XVI century by Jacopo Sansovino) in favor of...
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Ca' Bernardo or Palace Giustinian Bernardo
Small building dating back to the 17th century. It can be found immediately after the Museo del Settecento Veneziano in Cà Rezzonico along the Grand Canal by vaporetto, towards Rialto. Its main architectural...
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Ca' Corner della Ca' Granda
The particular facade is to be attributed to the genius of the well-known architect Jacopo Sansovino who interpreted the pro-papal character of the owners and created, in his Roman style, a small "revolution" at an...
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Ca' Corner della Regina
The old building, in Gothic style and of extreme beauty, was demolished in favor of the current construction. This took place between 1724 and 1728 on a project by the architect Domenico Rossi and on behalf of the...
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Ca' d'Oro
This majestic palace that overlooks the Grand Canal was built, by the will of the merchant Marino Contarini, between 1421 and 1443. It seems that numerous artists took to the realization such as Matteo Raverti, master...
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Ca' Farsetti
The construction of the current seat of the city hall of Venice is attested between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: tradition attributes Ca 'Farsetti as the home of Enrico Dandolo, Doge and leader during the...
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Ca' Foscari
The palace, built in 1453 at the behest of Doge Francesco Foscari, is now the seat of the Ca 'Foscari University of Venice. It is located "in the vault of the Canal", the widest bend of the Grand Canal and enjoys an...
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Ca' Pesaro
The construction, commissioned by Giovanni Pesaro, one of the exponents of the noble family of the same name, was entrusted to Baldassarre Longhena. The works began in 1652 and ended in 1710 under the direction of...
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Ca' Rezzonico
The building was started by the well-known architect Baldassare Longhena at the request of the Bon family who underestimated the expenses to invest every single fund in it; despite their efforts, after a certain period...
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Casa dei Tre Oci or De Maria
This residence represents a particular and fascinating example of Venetian neo-Gothic architecture of the early twentieth century. It was built by the Emilian painter Mario De Maria in 1912-1913 and became his last...
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Casa Gatti Casazza
Casa Gatti Casazza is characterized by an initial exquisitely Gothic layout (as evidenced by the beautiful windows - single trefoil lancet windows - which can be seen from Campo San Marcuola) but it is evident how the...
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Filanda Romanin-Jacur
Built by Leone Romanin-Jacur in 1872, the spinning mill is an ancient silk factory consisting of a central body, where the machine and spinning room were located, and two side wings with a portico. It undoubtedly...
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Fish market
Lively and homely timeless place where you can buy fish products of the highest quality: baby octopus, cuttlefish, moleche and spider crabs, are just some examples of what you can find in this place. In the past,...
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Flour warehouse or granary
This sixteenth-century building served for centuries as the "granary" of the Serenissima. Inside was kept the wheat used to make the "biscuit", a particular type of long-life bread obtained from cooking in special...
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Fontego dei Tedeschi
The Fontego (Fondaco in Italian) has the nickname "of the Germans" to encompass all merchants from the Nordic countries. As was the case with the Turks, given the growth of this community, the Senate decreed the...
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Fontego dei Turchi
The façade is hinged between two turrets and has a porticoed ground floor for access to the water, one of the largest in Venice and second only to that of Palazzo Ducale; this characteristic and common feature of the...
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Fontego del Megio
Aesthetically, it is one of the bareest palaces in Venice with its dark brick facade but you can easily understand what its role could be: storing huge quantities of goods. The function of this Fondaco del Megio, in...
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Former Hospital of the Incurables
The former Ospedale degli Incurabili is a large building of sixteenth-century origin on two floors with a white facade and base covered with Istrian stone, located at the Fondamenta delle Zattere dello Spirito Santo,...
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Former monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore
Originally, in the 10th century, the monastery was built by Blessed Giovanni Morosini in 982 at the behest of Doge Tribuno Memmo who gave it to him for this purpose. In addition to being a place of worship, the...
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Former monastery of San Michele in Isola
The monastery of San Michele was established in the thirteenth century, passing from an initial hermit form to a later conventual one. The first settlement on the island, by the Camaldolese, dates back to the 10th...
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Former Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Carità
Built in 1260, it was one of the oldest Grand Schools in Venice and is part of the list of the so-called "dei Battuti" schools. As per tradition, this school also carried out humanitarian roles of support and...
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House of Tintoretto
The Tintoretto house is a tall and narrow building dating back to the fifteenth century in Gothic style with a splendid three-light window on the first floor. On its facade there is a small marble statue representing...
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Magazzini del Sale
This huge monumental complex was built approximately at the beginning of the 15th century in a nerve center of the city: in fact, along these foundations, there was one of the main landing places for boats that brought...
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Molino Stucky
Built in the nineteenth century at the behest of Giovanni Stucky, entrepreneur and financier of a noble Swiss family. The owner's intention was to build a mill that would exploit the Venetian canal to transport grain...
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