Palazzi Mocenigo
The Palazzi Mocenigo are a complex of palaces in Venice in the Italian region of Veneto . It is located in the Sestiere San Marco with a view of the Grand Canal between the Palazzo Contarini delle Figure and the Palazzo Corner Gheltof , opposite the Palazzo Civran Grimani .
The complex, which stands out for its long and inhomogeneous facade, is composed of four buildings, which are arranged from left to right as follows: Palazzo Mocenigo Casa Nuova, Palazzo Mocenigo "Il Nero" (composed of two smaller palaces) and Palazzo Mocenigo Casa Vecchia. The Palazzo Mocenigo "Il Nero" and the Palazzo Mocenigo Casa Vecchia once formed a residential building, while another branch of the family from Milan lived in the Palazzo Mocenigo Nuova .
Palazzo Mocenigo (Ca 'Vecchia)
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The Palazzo Mocenigo Ca 'Vecchia is the building on the right side of the complex, adjoining the Palazzo Contarini delle Figure.
history
Despite the name "Ca 'Vecchia" (English: old house), it is the youngest part of the complex, which was built in place of a medieval house from the 15th century. It is the first Mocenigo family estate in the parish of San Samuele . This branch of the Mocenigos family, interested in culture, politics, philosophy and economics, was able to accommodate various well-known personalities: The philosopher Giordano Bruno stayed in the building in 1591/1592 . This was denounced to the authorities by his own landlord. The renovation took place in the 17th century, more precisely between 1623 and 1625, under the direction of the architect Francesco Contin . This intervention was not particularly profound, so that many details of the previous building were preserved, such as the B. the original floor plan and some pointed arch windows , especially on the rear and side facade, but not on the main facade. Other well-known guests recently were Thomas Moore and Lord Byron .
In 1824 the branch of the family to which this palace belonged died out and the property fell to Carlo Felice Nicolis di Robilant . The building, which was in a precarious state, was later restored and divided. The facade, which was originally yellow, was painted white.
description
The building has a simple structure: It has four floors, which are divided by fixed frames. The ground floor has a portal to the water, flanked by wide single windows, a mezzanine floor under the roof and two main floors in a similar distribution. A mezzanine floor is missing between the ground floor and the main floors. The two main floors, which only differ in their different balcony shapes (protruding on the first floor, flat on the second), have a noble effect thanks to triple windows, each flanked by two pairs of single windows with non-protruding balconies. The keystones of the various arches are decorated with human heads. In the past, two obelisks were placed on top, as can be seen from contemporary prints, which were then torn off for unknown reasons.
Palazzetti Mocenigo "Il Nero"
The Palazzetti Mocenigo "Il Nero" are two buildings of the complex that connect the Ca 'Vecchia with the Ca' Nuova.
history
The Mocenigos already owned the Ca 'Vecchia and Ca' Nuova palaces when they had these two new palaces built at the end of the 16th century to connect the two existing ones. As a stone on the facade shows, the English poet Lord Byron stayed there and wrote for several years in the 19th century . He lived there from 1816 to 1819, together with 14 domestic workers, two monkeys, a fox and two dogs.
description
The two buildings show a rather simple architectural language, a clear pattern of the Renaissance : the main floor is the defining element of the composition; Below are a ground floor and a mezzanine floor, and above that another mezzanine floor. The main floor has a noble effect thanks to a Venetian window that is flanked by individual windows. This is repeated in the same pattern in one palace as it does in the other, creating a strong sense of symmetry. The windows are decorated with half-reliefs.
The most notable element of the composition are the frescoes of the facade, created by Benedetto Caliari and Giuseppe Alabardi . These frescoes, similar to those on other buildings in the city, date to the 18th or 19th centuries. Unique traces of this are preserved thanks to the prints by Luca Carlevarijs . A spacious garden opens up behind the building, above which a facade of no particular significance rises.
Palazzo Mocenigo (Ca 'Nuova)
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The Palazzo Mocenigo Ca 'Nuova is the palace, which probably shows the facade with the greatest visual impact in the far left side of the complex and the.
history
This building was mainly used for receptions (as the large inner courtyard and the monumental staircase reveal). One of the most luxurious was the one in honor of Alvise Mocenigo , victorious doge in the naval battle of Lepanto . The palace was built on the site of a previous building from the mid-15th century. This new building was not completed until 1579. In 1716 Pisana Cornaro Mocenigo received the Polish King Augustus the Strong with a splendid festival. The property also inherited to the Robilants in 1878.
description
The facade is difficult to classify: Obviously to be assigned to the Renaissance, it seems to be inspired by Palladio because it has columns with capitals. Regardless of this, however, it is attributed to Alessandro Vittoria , who undoubtedly also designed the Palazzo Balbi , which is very similar to the former in decoration. But it could also be ascribed to Guglielmo dei Grigi or Giovanni Antonio Rusconi .
The facade is characterized by the three imposing openings in the middle: the portal to the water, surrounded by four little windows and the two Venetian windows on the floors above, decorated in the middle by protruding balconies. On their sides are several individual windows with triangular or arched Tymapanons . All these elements are continued in a complex of frames and profiles that frame the facade and give it dynamism. There were once two obelisks above, but they were demolished.
At the rear there are two courtyards that are connected by a monumental corridor to a garden, the vanishing point of which is the rear portal of the palace. The top floor was later converted into a terrace, as was the case with the Palazzo Pisani Moretta .
Web links
- Jan-Christoph Rößler: Palazzo Mocenigo a San Samuele . In: venedig.jc-r.net . Retrieved September 23, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marcello Brusegan: I palazzi di Venezia . Newton & Crompton, Rome 2007: ISBN 978-88-541-0820-2 . P. 248.
- ^ Marcello Brusegan: I palazzi di Venezia . Newton & Crompton, Rome 2007: ISBN 978-88-541-0820-2 . P. 249.
- ^ Marcello Brusegan: I palazzi di Venezia . Newton & Crompton, Rome 2007: ISBN 978-88-541-0820-2 . Pp. 250-251.
- ↑ Palazzo Mocenigo "Casa Nuova" . In: Grand Canal . Campiello Venise. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ Marcello Brusegan: I palazzi di Venezia . Newton & Crompton, Rome 2007: ISBN 978-88-541-0820-2 . P. 252.
- ^ Andrea Fasolo: Palazzi di Venezia . Arsenale editrice, 2003. ISBN 978-88-7743-295-7 . P. 148.
- ^ Andrea Fasolo: Palazzi di Venezia . Arsenale editrice, 2003. ISBN 978-88-7743-295-7 . P. 146.
- ^ Marcello Brusegan: I palazzi di Venezia . Newton & Crompton, Rome 2007: ISBN 978-88-541-0820-2 . P. 253.
Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 6.1 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 42 ″ E