Palaces

Situated in a quiet area, far from the traditional tourist circuit, today the Scuola Vecchia della Misericordia is the headquarters of the Direzione Regionale Musei del Veneto (formerly the Soprintendenza Speciale per il Patrimonio storico,…

Residence of the noble Pisani family, the magnificent villa was also a Habsburg residence and the favourite holiday resort of European nobility. One of the most famous villas on the Riviera del Brenta, it is a destination for Italian and foreign…

A huge factory consisting of two large halls of a thousand square metres. A magical place for Venetians who still remember the training sessions and games of Reyer, the city's basketball team, which has remained in the hearts of many fans.

The whiteness of this building is almost blinding, as is its splendour. And to think that it would have been quite different if it had been finished. . The terrace, visible from the water, is an original element of its kind, just as the inner…

Magnificent building with a red brick façade reminiscent of a factory embellished with fine elements. It was difficult for the Venetians to accept a building with such an imposing bulk, but gradually it too blended into the urban fabric of the time…

Small 17th-century building of anomalous workmanship: its right wing, in fact, is unfinished. Positioned in a privileged spot, looking out from its balconies, you will be able to see Palazzo Grassi and a sensational view of the Grand Canal at the…

The Palazzo dei Capitani in Malcesine, a Gothic-Venetian building erected between the 13th and 14th centuries by the Scaligeri family and renovated by the Miniscalchi family in the 15th century, is a historic symbol of Lake Garda. In 1618, the…

As with any self-respecting fountain, it too played a key role in the loading, unloading and storage of goods and became home to Turkish merchants. Today, the same structure of the time, embellished with battlements, houses one of the most beautiful…

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…

Villa Erizzo has participated in the city's historical events with an important role determined by the notoriety and political and economic power of the families that have inhabited it.

The Council of Ten in February 1505 entrusted the task of reconstruction to Giorgio Spavento, proto of the Basilica of San Marco and to Francesco Garzoni, Provveditor al Sal, the specific administrative supervision of the works.

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.