Palaces

The complete refurbishment of the building took place in 1341.

The first Fontego dei Tedeschi was probably built by the Republic between 1222 and 1225 in the area of ​​San Bartolomeo overlooking the Grand Canal.

Used as a warehouse, this place stored goods from the Nordic countries that were simplistically classified under the heading German. Not surprisingly, it was built in Rialto, the place par excellence where the most merchant exchanges and commercial…

Castle only in appearance due to its grandeur and two lateral bodies with Ghibelline battlements, its importance lies in being an excellently preserved specimen of a Venetian house-foundry and pre-Palladian villa.

One of the best-known symbols of Venice in the world. But did you know that the two Moors inside are different? Both for a question of aesthetics, one has a beard and the other does not, and for a different way in which they strike their hammer, one…

You can still breathe in the enormous power and profound respect that this place holds: here, in fact, during the Serenissima, were the offices of the authoritative Procurators of St. Mark's, who covered the important role of administering the…

One of the most precious and important places in Venice, not only because of the magnificence of the interior rooms and the external architecture, but also because the most famous Venetian coin in the world was coined in this building: the Zecchino…

The place that hosts and welcomes the Patriarchate of Venice, located close to St Mark's Basilica and opposite the Piazzetta dei Leoncini, where you will find the only true well in the entire Marciana area. The nickname Leoncini derives from the…

Public office of the nine Procurators of St. Mark's, the second lifelong office after that of Doge. It is thought that the Serenissima, in order to embellish the houses of its Procurators, had the Istrian stone embellishing the palace coloured, and…

The legacy left by the French court in the 19th century led to the sacrifice of the church of San Geminiano, Jacopo Sansovino's jewel, to make way for this monument that was to become the new seat of representation for the new sovereigns. The…

A building of ancient origins, it was once used as the archives of the Bishopric of Torcello. Today it is the seat of the archaeological section of the Torcello Museum.

Located opposite the Basilica of Santa Fosca, amidst the greenery of the Torcello square. The Major Council of Torcello used to meet here; today it houses the Medieval and Modern Section of the Torcello Museum.