Palazzo Zen ai Frari

Palazzo Zen ai Friari

Palazzo Zen ai Frari is a palace in Venice in the Veneto region of Italy . It is located in the San Polo sestiere with a view of the Rio di San Stin . The palace is located roughly in the middle between the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Friari , the Venice State Archives and the Campo di San Stin .

history

The palace was built in the 15th century as the home of the Zeno family , who still own it today. In the following centuries it was rebuilt several times, but always kept its own style.

description

It is a Gothic palace with three floors and an L-shaped floor plan. The two main floors show the same window layout: in the middle a quadruple lancet window and two individual lancet windows on each side. All windows on the two main floors are provided with balusters .

The interiors are in the classical style, the work of Sebastiano Santi .

swell

• Guida d'Italia - Venezia . 3. Edition. Touring, Milan 2007. ISBN 978-88-365-4347-2 .

Web links

Commons : Palazzo Zen ai Friari  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jan-Christoph Rößler: Palazzo Zen ai Frari . venezia.jc-r.net. Retrieved January 15, 2020.

Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 15.4 ″  N , 12 ° 19 ′ 39 ″  E