Palaces

The School owes its name to the Brotherhood of Mercy that settled in the area from 1308. The number of believers expanded to such an extent that, after only two years, they began to establish their own premises for the faithful.

The monumental complex is composed of a long central block with three floors with C-shaped wings on two levels and a green area of ​​about 10 hectares surrounded by walls.

Located along the Fondamenta de la Misericordia, in the Cannaregio district, it is connected to the ancient School and to the Church of Santa Maria Valverde or Santa Maria della Misericordia by the bridge of the same name.

The construction was commissioned by the powerful and wealthy Venier family (who donated 3 doges to Venice) and was designed by the architect Lorenzo Boschetti in 1748, of which a wooden model can now be seen at the Correr Museum; the building wou

Built in the nineteenth century at the behest of Giovanni Stucky, entrepreneur and financier of a noble Swiss family.

Small building dating back to the 17th century. It can be found immediately after the Museo del Settecento Veneziano in Cà Rezzonico along the Grand Canal by vaporetto, towards Rialto.

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…

The façade is hinged between two turrets and has a porticoed ground floor for access to the water, one of the largest in Venice and second only to that of Palazzo Ducale; this characteristic and common feature of the warehouses (Fontego in Venetia

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

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.