Palazzo Donà a Sant'Aponal
The Palazzo Donà a Sant'Aponal , also called Palazzo Donà dalle Trezze or simply Palazzo Donà , is a palace in the Venetian sestiere of San Polo . Its front facade overlooks the Grand Canal . The palace from the mid-13th century, heavily rebuilt in the 15th and 17th centuries, is located between the Palazzo Donà della Madoneta and the Palazzo Papadopoli .
history
The building, erected in the middle of the 13th century, was owned by Michele Zancani in 1314, who bequeathed it to four of his five sons that year by will. The palace was restructured in the 15th century, and further alterations in the 17th century left little of the original structure. The assemblies took place even later.
The original building was unusual in size, being 21 meters wide and approximately 60 meters deep. It looked out over the Grand Canal with nine arches. The side facades also had arches, namely six on the left and seven on the right. Later all the arches were bricked up.
The Donà family traced back to Roman roots. However, they were among the newcomer families because they were involved in the legendary founding of Rialto as the new center of the lagoon settlement in the early 9th century. In the 13th century, two lines or branches (rami) of the family emerged, namely on the one hand the branch of Donà dalle Tresse (after the bundles in the coat of arms) and that of Donà dalle Rose. This family included three doges, namely Francesco (1545–1553), Leonardo (1606–1612) and his son Nicolò (1618).
description
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The relatively inconspicuous facade from the end of the 16th century has a Veneto-Byzantine pentafore in the second piano nobile and a younger one in the first piano nobile . The structure above it took place much later.
literature
- Alessia Rosada, Carlos Travaini: Palazzo Donà
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ Marcello Brusegan : I Palazzi di Venezia , Newton & Compton, Rome 2007, p. 115.
Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 11.7 " N , 12 ° 19 ′ 53.6" E