Palazzo Flangini
Palazzo Flangini is a palace in Venice in the Veneto region of Italy . It is located in the Cannaregio sestiere overlooking the Grand Canal next to the Church of San Geremia . The palace is not far from Palazzo Labia .
history
The architect Giuseppe Sardi , a student of Baldassare Longhena , built the Palazzo Flangini 1664–1682. It belonged to the Flangini family who originally came from Cyprus . After the death of its last representative, Cardinal Ludovico Flangini , the palace fell to the Panciera family .
description
The palace has a narrow and long facade, but you can clearly see its asymmetry. The architect Giuseppe Sardi was looking for a division into three horizontal sections for the main facade in order to give it symmetry, but for some inexplicable reason he did not succeed. The facade facing the Grand Canal has a portal to the water, which is adorned with two male figures resting lazily on the arch, two main floors with single windows and lateral quadruple windows, supported by assembled, Ionic half-columns, which are connected with continuous balconies and their round arches are decorated with keystones . Inside, valuable architectural elements have been preserved along with beautiful decorations from the 18th century. The reception room is completely shifted to the left, like that of the Ca 'Tron . In this case, however, the windows did not fall away so that one could hide the constructive discrepancy.
Oddities
There are many stories and legends about the apparent asymmetry of Palazzo Flangini. In addition, the entire right wing of the building is missing. The Palazzo Flangini was supposed to be almost twice as wide, but in fact it appears tall and asymmetrical in the arrangement of the doors and windows. The most supported theory is that the palace was missing a wing because the Flangini family failed to buy the annex. On the other hand, the story that says that the palace was built by two brothers who had a serious argument and that one had half of it demolished to annoy the other is just a legend.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marcello Brusegan: I palazzi di Venezia . Newton & Cropton, Rome 2007, ISBN 978-88-541-0820-2 , p. 153.
swell
- Marcello Brusegan: I palazzi di Venezia . Newton & Compton, Rome 2007, ISBN 978-88-541-0820-2 .
- Marcello Brusegan: La grande guida dei monumenti di Venezia . Newton & Compton, Rome 2005, ISBN 88-541-0475-2 .
Web links
- Un storico palazzo nel cuore di Venezia. (No longer available online.) In: Palazzo Flangini. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014 ; accessed on August 28, 2019 .
- Jan-Christoph Rößler: Palazzo Flangini. venezia.jc-r.net, accessed on August 28, 2019 .
Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 32.3 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 30 ″ E