Palazzo Corner Spinelli Canal Grande Venezia sole

The Palazzo Corner Spinelli is a palace in

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, northern Italy, located on the Grand Canal, in the

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San Marco San Marco is one of the six sestiere (Venice), sestieri of Venice, lying in the heart of the city as the main place of Venice. San Marco also includes the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Although the district includes Piazza San Marco, Saint ...

. It stands across the canal from the

Palazzo Querini Dubois The Palazzo Querini Dubois, also known as ''Giustinian Querini'' is a Renaissance-style palace in located on the Grand Canal, between the Palazzo Bernardo a San Polo and the Palazzo Grimani Marcello in the sestiere of San Polo of Venice, Italy. ...

. The palace was commissioned in the late 15th century by the aristocratic Lando Family, and built on designs by

Mauro Codussi Mauro Codussi (1440–1504) was an Italian architect of the early-Renaissance, active mostly in Venice. The name is also rendered as ''Coducci''. He was one of the first to bring the classical style of the early renaissance to Venice to replace th ...

. The present facade, helps introduce

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geometric style to Venice for its day, was designed by Codussi between 1497 and 1500; compare it with Codussi's

Ca' Vendramin Calergi Ca' Loredan Vendramin Calergi is a 15th-century palace on the Grand Canal (Venice), Grand Canal in the ''sestiere'' (quarter) of Cannaregio in Venice, northern Italy. It was commissioned by the patrician House of Loredan, Loredan dynasty, namely ...

. In the 16th century, the new owners, the Corner family asked

Michele Sanmicheli Michele Sanmicheli (also spelled ''Sanmmicheli'', ''Sanmichele'' or ''Sammichele'') (1484–1559), was a Venetian architect and urban planner of Mannerist-style, among the greatest of his era. A tireless worker, he was in charge of designing bui ...

to reconstruct the interior. An interior fireplace was designed by

Jacopo Sansovino Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (2 July 1486 – 27 November 1570) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, best known for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. These are crucial works in the history of Venetian Renaissance archi ...

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* * {{Authority control Houses completed in the 16th century Corner Spinelli Corner Spinelli Renaissance architecture in Venice

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