Ca 'Bembo

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Ca 'Bembo or Palazzo Marcello Sangiantoffetti

Ca 'Bembo , also Palazzo Marcello Sangiantoffetti , is a palace in Venice in the Italian region of Veneto . It is located in the Dorsoduro sestiere overlooking the Rio di San Trovaso , near the Church of San Trovaso . He is particularly known for his large garden.

Despite its name, the palace has nothing to do with the Bembo family , but is connected to a branch of the Venetian aristocratic family Barbarigo , the Barbarigo di San Trovaso , and there with the person of Doge Agostino Barbarigo .

history

Origins

The area on which the palace stands today was built on in the Middle Ages with a residential complex that belonged to the branch of the “Barbarigo de Osso Duro ” (or “di Dorsoduro”). The Barbarigo’s ownership of various houses along the Rio di San Trovaso is documented in an act of division from 1374. In 1464 the property was divided between the sons of Francesco "il Ricco" Barbarigo and ownership of the property on which Ca 'Bembo now stands fell to the firstborn Girolamo Barbarigo .

Of the Gothic palace that belonged to Girolamo Barbarigo , only a fountain with the coat of arms of the Barbarigo family, attributed to the workshop of Antonio Rizzo and built in the last decades of the 15th century, remains .

Restoration by Tintoretto and Sansovino

The palace inherited from Girolamo Barbarigo was divided among the heirs in 1518. In the middle of the 16th century it was artistically and architecturally remodeled on a large scale and ambitiously on behalf of Agostino Barbarigo , Girolamo's nephew, perhaps on the occasion of his lavish wedding to Lucia Pesaro on April 30, 1554.

The renovation of the building was carried out by Jacopo Sansovino , who, inspired by the Renaissance works in Rome and Florence , built the Fabbricche Nuove of Rialto himself during these years . The portal and the alternation of the cornices bear his signature, whereas the versatile use of Corinthian consoles and Doric capitals on the facade of the main floor have led to the assumption that other builders were involved.

Further gave Agostino Barbarigo at Jacopo Tintoretto one frescoes ring on the facade in order that today it no longer exists. In the 17th century, Carlo Ridolfi wrote in his Maraviglie dell'arte , which were written at a time when the palace no longer belonged to the Barbarigo family:

“Among the frescoes, the facade of the Casa Marcello di San Gervasio, called San Trovaso, received the first applause, where Tintoretto painted four Fables of Ovid. Of Jupiter and Semele , of Apollo skinning Marsala; and bids farewell to Triton from the dawn; and of Cybele, crowned by towers over a lion-drawn chariot. Above it he put a long frieze into which the bodies of men and naked women are inserted, so alive and fresh that they appear to be living. In addition, it is the strangest chain of figures that the painter could have invented. "

Further history of the palace

After Pietro Barbarigo , son of Agostino Barbarigo, died in Corfu in 1618 without an heir , the palace fell through a complex ring of inheritance claims to the Marcello family and from them to the Sangiantoffetti family - after whom the fondamenta in front of the palace is named - which the Redesigned and decorated the interior of the palace and commissioned the painter Costantino Cedini from Padua . At the beginning of the 20th century, the palace was owned by the shipowner and artillery officer Dott. Giuseppe Calzavara , nobleman of Castelmauro . His daughter, Angela Vittoria Calzavera di Castelmauro inherited it in the 1940s and sold it in 1969. Today the palace houses the languages ​​department of the University of Venice .

description

The main facade of the palace facing the Rio di San Trovaso extends over four floors: on the ground floor, which consists of exposed brickwork , there is a large arched portal in the middle , flanked by two pairs of rectangular windows. The portal is framed in a basement and extends to the mezzanine , where it is flanked by a single rectangular window and two pairs of rectangular windows. In the middle of the main floor there is a quadruple arched window with a shared, protruding balcony . There is a pair of individual arched windows on both sides. The mezzanine floor under the roof has a quadruple rectangular window in the middle, flanked by two pairs of individual rectangular windows. The façade is plastered and painted beige in the area of ​​the two mezzanine floors and the main floor. There is a simple cornice between the ground floor and the mezzanine, and a double cornice between the mezzanine and main floor and between the main floor and the mezzanine under the roof. The facade ends with a serrated eaves towards the top. In the area of ​​the ground floor and the mezzanine, the corners of the building are provided with corner stones. All window frames, cornices, corner stones and the balcony are made of Istrian limestone .

Controversy

In November 2013, the palace became the object of a controversial real estate swap process initiated by Rector Carlo Carraro . He wanted to swap it with the Palazzo Cappello Layard and Palazzo Cosulich for a property from the Uno Energia real estate fund . This approach was very controversial in the city of Venice, as it was feared that it would be converted into hotels. The process, which has attracted great public attention, is currently under parliamentary investigation at the instigation of Giulio Marcon, Davide Zoggia, Michele Mognato and Giulia Narduolo . The rector, on the other hand, defended the sale of the historic palaces in view of the consolidation of the accounts by predicting profound consequences for the balance sheets for the next six years. Likewise, the closure of the large garden used by the neighboring Ranier Michieli school on suspicion of pollution was a source of controversy. Subsequent tests by private individuals revealed the presence of dioxin , but the university has denied having known about it beforehand.

Individual references and comments

  1. ↑ G. Tocchini: Minacciare con le immagini . Rome 2010. p. 4.
  2. ↑ Of these, the first-born, Girolamo Barbarigo , was ambassador and Procuratore di San Marco , as well as one of the architects of the aristocratic conspiracy that aimed to remove Doge Francesco Foscari and replace him with Pasquale Malipiero . Another two sons became doges: Marco Barbarigo (1413–1486) and Agostino Barbarigo (1419–1501). One daughter, Elena Barbarigo , became the wife of Doge Nicolò Marcello .
  3. ↑ G. Tocchini: Minacciare con le immagini . Rome 2010. p. 8.
  4. ↑ Agostino Barbarigo, namesake of the Doge of the same name, was a judicial officer, Savio agli Ordini and later also Savio di Terraferma , Venetian envoy to France from 1554 to 1557 and from 1560 to 1561 envoy extraordinary to Spain at the court of Philip II ; then he took over the post of lieutenant general of Friuli from 1562 to 1563. In addition, he was in command of the right wing of the Christian fleet at the naval battle of Lepanto : During the battle he was injured in the eye by an arrow and died after a two-day agony.
  5. ^ A. Foscari: La veneranda habitation dei dogi Barbarighi rifatta poi sul modello del Sansovino in Venezia Arti , XI (1997). Pp. 35-42.
  6. ↑ As early as the 18th century, only two of the original four frescoes were clearly recognizable and a photo from 1929 shows only heavily damaged and fragmented remains, which have now completely disappeared.
  7. ↑ G. Tocchini: Minacciare con le immagini . Rome 2010. pp. 22-23.
  8. ^ Gianfrancesco Turano: Ca 'Foscari, tre sedi storiche in svendita Studenti e professori contro il Rettore . In: L'Espresso . January 27, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ Ca 'Foscari, rischio hotel per le sedi: stop dal comune in Il Gazzettino di Venezia , December 1, 2013.
  10. ^ Ca 'Foscari, il governo indaghi in Gazzettino di Venezia , February 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ Tagli ai servizi se non VENDIAMO i palazzi in Gazzettino di Venezia , December 3, 2013.
  12. ↑ Università, il fronte si allarga alla Michiel in Gazzettino di Venezia , November 30, 2013.
  13. ↑ Ca 'Bembo: mamme e papà allarmate per la diossina in Giardino in La Nuova Venezia , February 19, 2014.
  14. ↑ May sospettato la presenza di inquinanti in La Nuova Venezia , February 20, 2014.

Web links

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Coordinates: 45 ° 25 ′ 52.5 ″  N , 12 ° 19 ′ 35.4 ″  E