The building represents the seat of the Patriarchy of Venice and is positioned to the side of the St. Mark's Basilica, overlooking the Piazzetta dei Leoncini.
New headquarters for the Patriarchate (which had been located in San Pietro di Castello up to the 19th century) were required when the Basilica of San Marco was elected as a cathedral.
The works were taken on by the architect Lorenzo Santi in 1837, ending in 1870; they were complicated as they became the subject of many criticisms and controversies, but Santi still managed to work on the facade of the palace
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