Palazzo Coccina Giunti Foscarini Giovannelli
Palazzo Coccina Giunti Foscarini Giovannelli is a palace in Venice in the Veneto region of Italy . It is located in the Santa Croce sestiere with a view of the Grand Canal between the San Stae church and the Ca 'Pesaro at the confluence of the Rio della Rioda .
history
The Renaissance palace was built for the Coccina family in the mid-16th century , but soon after came into the possession of Tommaso Giunti , who came from Florence . He had two daughters whom he married to a pair of brothers, Nicolò and Renier Foscarini . He bequeathed his possessions, including the palace, to the Foscarini family .
The large, beautiful palace often accommodated illustrious guests of the lagoon city: in 1709, Sebastiano Foscarini , the then procurator of San Marco , entertained King Friedrich IV of Denmark and Norway and organized a lavish party for him. In 1755 the palace was rented to the Giovannellis .
Today one part of the palace is used as a hotel, another is divided into condominiums.
description
The four-storey building shows a facade facing the Grand Canal, which is asymmetrical due to an annex on the left. Basically the palace consists of two parts of the building, which in turn are symmetrical. Both parts have a ground floor, a mezzanine floor above, a main floor and a mezzanine floor under the roof. The elements of the plastered and white painted facade correspond to each other on the individual floors.
The right, larger part of the building has a large arched portal to the water in its center on the ground floor , flanked by two rectangular windows and two pairs of square windows. On the mezzanine floor above, three rectangular windows flank the portal on each side. The main floor has a large, Venetian window in the middle with a protruding balcony . This is flanked on both sides by two pairs of individual arched windows, also provided with protruding balconies. The mezzanine floor under the roof shows a rectangular quadruple window above the Venetian window on the main floor, flanked by two pairs of individual, rectangular windows. All of these windows are supported by parapets made of half-columns. At the top, the facade closes with a serrated eaves .
The left, smaller part of the building has two individual windows per floor, which are as far away from the central axis as possible. In accordance with the specifications of the right-hand part of the building, these are simple, rectangular windows on the ground floor and the mezzanine floor above, arched windows with a protruding balcony on the main floor and rectangular windows with parapets made of half-columns on the mezzanine under the roof. A wooden terrace is built in the middle of the roof of the left part of the building.
The asymmetrical side facade facing the Rio della Rioda and the Church of San Stae is designed similar to the main facade. The rear facade is decorated with mythological frescoes .
Web links and sources
- Jan-Christoph Rößler: Palazzo Coccina Foscarini Giovannelli . venezia.jc-r.net. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- Alessia Rosada, Carlos Travaini: Palazzo Coccina Giunti Foscarini Giovannelli . In: Canal Grande di Venezia . Retrieved January 10, 2020.
Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 28.7 " N , 12 ° 19 ′ 52.7" E