Palazzo Patriarcale (Venice)
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Palazzo Patriarcale is a palace in Venice in the Veneto region of Italy . It is located in the Sestiere San Marco with a view of the Piazzetta dei Leoncini next to St. Mark's Basilica . It is the seat of the diocesan curia of the Patriarchate of Venice .
history
Originally, this building, along with the basilica, was part of the Doge's Palace complex . The palace, which is connected to the Doge's apartment by a hanging passage above the apse of the basilica, was built by Monopola in the early 17th century to house a new banquet hall needed for the receptions of the Signoria of Venice and the Senate has been.
After the fall of the Republic of Venice, the subordination of St. Mark's Basilica as an autonomous diocese "Nullius" and the transfer of the Patriarch's cathedra to St. Mark's Basilica in 1807, the palace became the new seat of the curia. The coordination work, which was initiated by Lorenzo Santi in 1837, led to the amicable transfer of the offices of the Curia as early as 1840, which was completed in 1870 with the inauguration of the new facade.
The old patriarchal palaces
Over the centuries, before the final transfer of the Curia to San Marco, Venice had two more seats in the Patriarchal Palace:
The Rialto Patriarch's Palace
Originally the seat of the Patriarch was in Rialto , then next to the Church of San Silvestro , where the Patriarchs of Grado had their seat from 1105 , although they were not placed under until 1451. This palace is depicted in the painting The Miracle of the Cross in Rialto by Vittore Carpaccio .
The Palace of the Patriarchs of Castello
After 1451 the seat of the patriarch was relocated next to the basilica of San Pietro di Castello with a facade facing the square of the same name. The old palace, which was abandoned in favor of the new seat, was still the seat of the titular bishop of Castello , but soon fell into disrepair.
description
The classicistic facade extends over four floors and is entirely made of Istrian limestone .
In the middle of the ground floor there is a large arched portal , flanked by two pairs of rectangular single windows with coats of arms above them. Above it is a wide cornice as a separation from the mezzanine floor above .
This forms a unit with the main floor above and continues the five-part division of the ground floor. Each of the five fields is separated from the adjacent fields by a half column and contains a small, rectangular single window on the mezzanine and a larger, rectangular single window with a protruding balcony on the main floor . Upwards the main floor closes with a Fries from the six columns capitals and the half reliefs from therebetween. Over this frieze is another, wide cornice to separate the floors.
The mezzanine floor under the roof again has five rectangular, small individual windows. Half-reliefs are made between these windows and on the corners of the building. At the top, the facade is closed off by a serrated eaves .
Web links and sources
- Patriarcato di Venezia . Retrieved November 21, 2019.
Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 6 " N , 12 ° 20 ′ 23.4" E