Palazzo Brandolin Rota is a palace in Venice, Italy, located in the

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district and overlooking the Grand Canal, between the

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and Palazzo Contarini Polignac.

History

The palazzo was built in the 17th century, initially of only two floors. In the mid-18th century, the structure got to its present size and look. The palace was acquired in the second half of the 1800s by the nobleman Franz Edler von Hruschka. It is currently owned by the Brandolini Rota family. In the 19th century, the palace was adapted to host the hotel Allbergo dell' Universo, and for a short time it became the home of the famous soprano

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and poet

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. In more recent times, the palace hosted the Union of Societies, one of the last gentlemen's clubs in Italy. The building is now a private home.

Architecture

Palazzo Brandolin Rota is a three-storey building, with a

mezzanine A mezzanine (; or in Italian language, Italian, a ''mezzanino'') is an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, a loft ...

level between the ground floor and the first

noble floor The ''piano nobile'' (Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, ''bel étage'') is the principal floor of a palazzo. This floor contains the main reception and bedrooms of the hous ...

. The façade on the Grand Canal is quite simple, with a rounded water portal in the center. Each of the two noble floors—erected in different epochs but looking substantially the same—has nine round-headed openings, with the five central units joined to form pentaforas. The

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s cover all the openings of the first noble floor and only the pentafora of the second one. The building has a raised façade on its top part, terminating with a tympanum of two square single-light windows and a pair of large chimneys.

Gallery

Palazzi Contarini del Zaffo Polignac e Palazzo Brandolin Rota Canal Grande Venezia.jpg, Palazzi Contarini Polignac and Brandolin Rota. Facades on Grand Canal. Venezia - Palazzo Brandolin Rota - Foto di Paolo Steffan.jpg, Facade details CANAL GRANDE - palazzo brandolin rota detail.jpg, Balconies on facade San Marco, 30100 Venice, Italy - panoramio (700).jpg, Central portal Dorsoduro, 30100 Venezia, Italy - panoramio (471).jpg, Ground level Venedig - KMB - 16001000117664.jpg, The palace in 1932 Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Venezia, 1977) - BEIC 6349229.jpg, The palace in 1977. A photo by

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References

{{Reflist Houses completed in the 17th century Brandolin Rota Brandolin Rota Renaissance architecture in Venice