Palazzo Grimani
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The Palazzo Grimani (di San Luca) is a Renaissance palace in Venice . It is located on the Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge .
Building history
The building, erected from 1556 for the procurator of San Marco , Girolamo Grimani, is a late work by the architect Michele Sanmicheli . Even Andrea Palladio had - unsuccessfully - submitted a draft that later in his Quattro Libri dell'architettura was published (1570). The second floor, which was not originally planned, was added after the death of Sanmicheli in 1559 under the direction of Giangiacomo de 'Grigi from Muggio . Art historiography tends to criticize the increase because of its effect on the proportions of the facade. The buildings in the immediate vicinity of Palazzo Grimani are almost crushed by the height of the building.
Different branches of the Grimani family owned eight other palaces from different eras in Venice, six of which still exist today.
architecture
The ground floor of the facade of the Palazzo Grimani, built in contrast to the surrounding buildings made of white marble , is dominated by a triumphal arch scheme in the middle. While the middle arch takes up the entire height of the ground floor level, the side parts are significantly lower; the overlying windows indicate the presence of a mezzanine floor . In the middle part of the upper floor ( piano nobile ) the triumphal arch motif has been modified to a Venetian window reaching down to the floor , with the lower rectangular windows on the sides being elevated by skylights. The larger outer arches of the windows suggest the beginning of a series of motifs, as can already be seen in the Palazzo Bevilacqua in Verona , which also comes from Sanmicheli. While the ground floor is structured vertically by pilasters , on the upper floor - apart from the corners of the building - there are columns . For the first time, a seemingly continuous balcony can be seen on a Venetian palace facade .
Later use
In the 19th century the Palazzo Grimani was the seat of the post office, after which it housed the Court of Appeal for Veneto . The interior decor that once existed has not been preserved.
Palazzo Grimani, which has been state-owned since 1981, was transferred to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage in 2001 . Since 2008 the building has been available for cultural events after a renovation.
literature
- Elena Bassi: Palazzi Veneziani. Admiranda Urbis Venetae. Venice 1980, ISBN 1182653065 .
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Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 9.4 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 58.1 ″ E