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Engraving of the Palazzo Barbaro

Two adjoining buildings united by the same family: the Barbaros, one of the oldest families of the Venetian patriciate.
During the Curtis family's stay, the palace was home to the American writer Henry James, in whose rooms he set his novel The Wings of the Dove.

Located near Palazzo Franchetti, this residence is made up of two side-by-side buildings, Palazzo Barbaro Curtis and Palazzo Barbaro in Santo Stefano.

The oldest was built on a design by Giovanni Bon in 1425 and was initially in the hands of the Spiera family, then of Pietro Franco, a seller of spices and medicinal herbs; it was then the turn of Nicolò Aldioli, to finally pass to his heirs up to Zaccaria Barbaro. The facade of this building is traditionally divided into three parts, with archaic elements that blend well with the fifteenth-century elements. At the level of the fi

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