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 construction of a building used for the storage of goods (not surprisingly, it was built in the Rialto area, the main trading center of Venice) and for housing the people.
A fire in 1505 seriously damaged the building, so much so that it forced a total reconstruction that took place three years later; Lo Scapagnino in collaboration with Giorgio Spavento to
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