Palazzo Castelli
Palazzo Castelli is a palace in Venice in the Veneto region of Italy . It is located in the Cannaregio sestiere on the corner of the Rio de Santa Marina and the Rio dei Miracoli , near the Palazzo Zacco , the Palazzo Soranzo-van Axel , and the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli .
history
According to the Venetian registers of nobility, the Castellis lived in a 17th century palace near the Van Axels .
description
The facade of the classical palace facing the Rio de Santa Marina is designed simply and has two main floors and two mezzanines . In the lowered ground floor there is a round arched portal to the water with Doric columns, flanked by two pairs of square windows. The lower half of the ground floor is clad with bushes , while the upper half, like the floors above, is plastered and painted beige.
The mezzanine floor above has a small Venetian window above the portal, flanked by two pairs of individual rectangular windows. The main floor is designed in a similar way, with the Venetian window being larger, with a protruding balcony and, like the two flanking pairs of individual windows, provided with a tympanum . The mezzanine under the roof has a triple rectangular window in the middle, flanked by two pairs of individual rectangular windows.
All windows and doors have frames made of Istrian limestone ; the balcony, the tympanums and the cornices above each floor, as well as the serrated eaves are made of the same material.
Sources and web links
- Jan-Christoph Rößler: Palazzo Castelli . venezia.jc-r.net. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 20.4 " N , 12 ° 20 ′ 20.8" E