In 1806, in the Napoleonic era, the Fontego lost its function as a building dedicated to commercial activities and the property was transferred to the state property. The building first became the land customs office, to then house the military offices of Austria, the tax office and finally the post office, which began to settle at the end of the nineteenth century.
The Fontego underwent a series of changes in the nineteenth century: in 1836 the turrets facing the Grand Canal and the bell-shaped chimneys, still visible in the engraving by Michele Marieschi, were demolished in 1836
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