Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni

Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni, UNESCO headquarters in Venice

Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni , also Palazzo Zorzi or Palazzo Zorzi a San Severo , is a palace in Venice in the Italian region of Veneto . It is located in the Sestiere Castello with a view of the Rio di San Severo next to the Palazzo Zorzi Bon towards the Salizada Zorzi and the Ponte di San Severo .

history

Marco Zorzi , who was nicknamed “Pinza d'Oro” (German: “Gold Tongs”) because of his luck and his business skills, left the palace at the end of the 15th century on a site owned by the brothers Giovanni and Francesco Zorzi had acquired at the end of the 14th century. The work by Jacopo de 'Barbari from 1500 shows the new palace still under construction, but it is thought that Mauro Codussi , et al. a. the architect of the adjacent church of Santa Maria Formosa , was commissioned with the project soon after 1480, considering that he died in 1504. In 1581 Francesco Sansovino described "the palace of the Giorgia family , covered with white marble".

In 1997 the city of Venice bought the palace and after five years of restoration, during which all traces of the old decoration of the interiors disappeared, it is in poor condition after years of neglect, a regional seat of UNESCO . These rooms housed the Associazione dei Comitati Privati per la Salvaguardia di Venezia until 2015, which was headed by Alvise Zorzi , descendant of the family that had the palace built, for 26 years .

description

In addition to the older Gothic Palazzo Zorzi Bon, the facade is characterized by the gleaming white cladding with Istrian limestone and shows clear lines of the Renaissance . This is particularly evident from the angular floor plan, which - unusual in Venice - led to the construction of a portego (reception salon).

In addition to an inner courtyard with a fountain, the palace used to have a large wing along the lane, which today is almost completely occupied by the restaurant "Al Giardinetto da Severino", which has an old fireplace with a large Zorzis coat of arms in one of its rooms. The aforementioned inner courtyard, which today belongs to the restaurant and in which there used to be a boccia club, was originally the palace's large garden, which was accessed from a balcony adjacent to the portego .

Gallery images

Entrance portal on a photo by Paolo Monti (1977)
Courtyard on a photo by Paolo Monti (1977)

Individual references and comments

^ ^A ^b Elena Bassi: Palazzi di Venezia: Admiranda Urbis Venetae . Stamperia di Venezia, Venice 1987. p. 588.
↑ Alvise Zorzi: Unpublished Biographical Notes.
^ G. Tassini: Curiosità Veneziane . 6th edition with foreword, remarks and additions by Elio Zorzi. Giuseppe Scarabellin, Venice 1933. p. 35.
↑ Bassi not only cites Paoletti, but also a document “from which it emerges that on April 29, 1500, a certain Domenico Zorzi, through Francesco [Sansovino], sold rounds of marble to the Commissarìa Bernabò ; and in the same year Codussi worked through Bernabò based on documented works in the church of San Giovanni Crisostomo , for which he used rounds made of multi-colored marble, as can also be seen on the decorations of the Zorzis. "

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G. Tassini: Curiosità Veneziane . 6th edition with foreword, remarks and additions by Elio Zorzi. Giuseppe Scarabellin, Venice 1933. p. 35.
G. Tassini: Di alcuni palazzi ed antichi edifici di Venezia . M. Fontana, 1879.
Francesco Sansovino: Venetia Città Nobilissima Et Singolare . Iacomo Sansovino, Venice 1581. p. 143.
Elena Bassi: Palazzi Di Venezia: Admiranda Urbis Venetae . Stamperia di Venezia, Venice 1987. p. 588.
Vincenzo Coronelli: Singolarità di Venezia . Accademia degli Argonauti, 1710.
Gianjacopo Fontana: Cento Palazzi di Venezia storicamente illustrati . Giuseppe Scarabellin, Venice 1934.
Jan-Christoph Rössler: I palazzi veneziani: storia, architettura, restauri . Script, 2010.
Archives of the Zorzi family.

Web links

Commons : Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Restauro di palazzo Zorzi . In: Insula - un futuro per Venezia . Retrieved November 21, 2019.

45.4361 12.3428Coordinates: 45 ° 26 '10 " N , 12 ° 20' 34.1" E

[Bassi558-1] A ^b Elena Bassi: Palazzi di Venezia: Admiranda Urbis Venetae . Stamperia di Venezia, Venice 1987. p. 588.

[Zorzi-2] Alvise Zorzi: Unpublished Biographical Notes.

[Tassini35-3] G. Tassini: Curiosità Veneziane . 6th edition with foreword, remarks and additions by Elio Zorzi. Giuseppe Scarabellin, Venice 1933. p. 35.

[Bemerkung1-4] Bassi not only cites Paoletti, but also a document “from which it emerges that on April 29, 1500, a certain Domenico Zorzi, through Francesco [Sansovino], sold rounds of marble to the Commissarìa Bernabò ; and in the same year Codussi worked through Bernabò based on documented works in the church of San Giovanni Crisostomo , for which he used rounds made of multi-colored marble, as can also be seen on the decorations of the Zorzis. "