Palazzo Donà Ottoboni

Palazzo Donà Ottoboni is a palace in Venice in the Veneto region of Italy . It is located in the Sestiere Castello on the corner of the Fondamenta di San Severo and the Calle Larga di San Lorenzo with a view of the Rio de San Severo opposite the Palazzo Grimani a Santa Maria Formosa .

history

There is evidence that the palace belonged to Marco Donà in 1514 and two carved stone slabs at the entrance showed the family coat of arms. The palace remained in the family until 1582, when it was apparently sold to the brothers Troilo and Sertorio Altàn , cloth merchants in Venice and on the mainland. The Altàns had tombs built in the church of Sant'Anna and lent the Donàs a sum of money so that they could get the palace. Soon, however, the Altàn family died out, as the brothers were imprisoned for fraud and in 1592 Girolamo Altàn , the son of Troilo Altàn , was exiled for the murder of Michele Stropelli , an accomplice in family fraud .

In 1597 the palace was sold to the brothers Pietro, Marco and Antonio Ottoboni . Zuanne Francesco Ottoboni was 1559-1575 Grand Chancellor . Marco Ottoboni was elected Grand Chancellor in 1639 and died in 1646. One of his sons, Pietro (born 1610, mother: Vittoria Tornielli), became a cardinal in 1651 and Pope Alexander VIII in 1689. In a room of this palace that was later converted into a chapel, there is an epigraph that reminds of the birth of the future Pope in this house.

A great-nephew of the Pope, Pietro Ottoboni , returned to Venice as a cardinal in 1726 and lived in this palace. This Ottoboni was known as the patron saint of musicians and composers. The palace fell from the Ottobonis in maternal line to the Boncompagnis , namely to Marco Boncompagni-Ottoboni , Count of Fiano . This sold it in 1802 to the knight Alberto Manuch . It then passed through several hands and was finally bequeathed to the Church of San Zaccaria in 1840 .

description

Only a small piece of a corner facade with two and a half walled up three-pass arches on the main floor and a door frame on the ground floor with a marble half - relief of the Virgin Mary with St. Francis , St. Clare of Montefalco and an image of the founder in a smaller size is preserved from the originally Gothic palace . Earlier authors did not mention this door frame.

During the Renaissance , the Palazzo Donà Ottoboni was completely rebuilt.

Individual evidence

^ Hugh A. Douglas: Venice on Foot: With the Itinerary of the Grand Canal and Several Direct Routes to Useful Places . C. Scribner's Sons. 195, 1907. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
↑ Giuseppe Tassini: Alcuni palazzi ed antichi edificii di Venezia . Filippi, Tipografia M. Fontana. Pp. 136-139. 1879. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b La Palazzo Donà-Ottoboni à Venise ( fr ) e-Venise.com. February 13, 2008. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2020. with photos.

Web links

Commons : Palazzo Donà Ottoboni - Collection of images, videos and audio files

45.43727554 12.34260857Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 14.2 " N , 12 ° 20 ′ 33.4" E

[Douglas195-1] Hugh A. Douglas: Venice on Foot: With the Itinerary of the Grand Canal and Several Direct Routes to Useful Places . C. Scribner's Sons. 195, 1907. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

[Tassini136139-2] Giuseppe Tassini: Alcuni palazzi ed antichi edificii di Venezia . Filippi, Tipografia M. Fontana. Pp. 136-139. 1879. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

[E-Venise-3] La Palazzo Donà-Ottoboni à Venise ( fr ) e-Venise.com. February 13, 2008. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2020. with photos.