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Sober building with rigorous shapes built in the 16th century and characterized by two facades: the main one which meets along the Zattere and the secondary one which overlooks the Rio di Ognissanti; the latter has neoclassical elements attributable…

There are four entrances to the building: two by land crossing the courtyard or along the side street through a small entrance and two entrances from the water, one from the Grand Canal, the other from the Rio di San Luca. The facade of the building…

The current seat of the homonymous museum links its history to that of the powerful Grimani family, in particular to the patriarch of Aquileia Giovanni Grimani. On the death of Doge Antonio Grimani, his nephew Giovanni, who in addition to being…

Palazzo Gritti Dandolo, for many only Palazzo Gritti, belonged to two Venetian families, the Gritti and the Dandolo, as evidenced by the logos of the respective dynasties affixed to the facade facing the Grand Canal. The Gritti family is part of the…

Baroque palace of the eighteenth century (mid-seventeenth - eighteenth century) located near the confluence of the Rio di Cannaregio, in the Grand Canal; the author is not known, the names of Andrea Cominelli and the two Tremignons (father…

Magnificent residence dating back to the mid-sixteenth century, the result of the restructuring, on several occasions, of various pre-existing buildings belonging to the Mocenigo family. The works were started at the behest of the sons of Girolamo…

The building was built between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and can be reached - from Campo Santa Maria Formosa - along a small private bridge. The lateral access, on the other hand, is on Ruga Giuffa and is distinguishable by a fourteenth-…

Back to the lagoon and looking at the unfinished facade of the Church of San Marcuola, Palazzo Memmo Martinengo Mandelli is located to the left of the place of worship dedicated to Saints Ermagora and Fortunato, to the right of which is Casa Gatti…

The building is the result of the seventeenth-century renovation (entrusted to Antonio Gaspari) of a Byzantine warehouse-house built around the thirteenth century. The long portico on the ground floor, which runs along the entire façade that opens…

This building is one of the most prestigious palaces in the lagoon, partly for its enormous size (seven floors), partly for the characteristic of having, next to the main body, a lower part probably reserved for leisure and entertainment (called…

The Palazzo dei Capitani is an elegant building in Gothic and Venetian style located in the center of Malcesine, overlooking Lake Garda. The first building was built by the Scaligeri, between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, on top of the…

Rebuilt in 1521 following the fire of 1514, the building housed the offices of the Ten Wise Men at the Tithes, one of the groups of finance magistrates. The project was curated by Antonio Abbondi, known as Scarpagnino, who took part in the front…