Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo

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Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo

Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo is a Venetian palace in the Cannaregio sestiere on the Rio Madonna dell'Orto near the Madonna dell'Orto church . On its eastern side, like the Casino degli Spiriti that borders its garden, it borders on the Sacca della Misericordia .

history

The 16th century building was commissioned by the Contarini Dal Zaffo family , as was the Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo of the same name, also known as Palazzo Contarini Polignac , in the Dorsoduro sestiere from the 15th century. Today the palace is used by the church and charities and houses a home for the elderly in the right wing.

Giorgio Contarini was the first Duke of Jaffa (Zaffo). The palace is probably the birthplace of the diplomat and theologian Gasparo Contarini .

architecture

The wide facade of the typical Renaissance palace on the Fondamenta di Gasparo Contarini shows no symmetry. The three-story palace is the size of a mezzanine with square windows on the ground floor . In the middle there are two entrance portals with large semi-arches over two floors. In between there is a stone family coat of arms of the Contarini. The first and second floors each have a row of 13 rectangular framed windows, on the second floor with semi-arches. In the piano nobile on the left there is a serliana , not above the beautiful double portal.

Behind the palace is a spacious garden facing the north end of the city and the lagoon. Inside, like the palace on the Grand Canal, there are frescoes by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo . In the mezzanine there is Giorgio Contarini's apotheosis .

literature

Picture gallery

  • View of the Fondamenta to Madonna dell'Orto

  • Contarini coat of arms on the facade

  • Portal with a grimace

  • The gardens of the Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo

  • Casino degli Spiriti

  • The Casino degli Spiriti and the gardens of the Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo .

Web links

Commons : Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 45 ° 26 '43.4 "  N , 12 ° 20' 2.6"  E