Palazzo Corner Valmarana is a palace in Venice, located in the

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 ...

district and overlooking the Grand Canal. It locates not far from the

Ponte di Rialto The Rialto Bridge ( it, Ponte di Rialto; vec, Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the ' (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its fir ...

, between

Palazzo Cavalli Palazzo Cavalli or Palazzo Corner Martinengo is a palace in Venice, located in the San Marco district and overlooking the Grand Canal. It locates not far from the Ponte di Rialto, between Palazzo Corner Valmarana and Ca' Farsetti, in front of ...

and

Palazzo Grimani di San Luca The Palazzo Grimani di San Luca is a Renaissance-style palace, located between the Palazzo Corner Valmarana and the Rio di San Luca and the flanking Palazzo Corner Contarini dei Cavalli on the Grand Canal in the sestiere of San Marco of the c ...

History

It is a 16th-century building, but completely renovated in the second half of the 19th century, with interventions that favored the chromatic and decorative aspects of architecture.

Architecture

The façade is of four floors and overlooks the left bank of the Grand Canal, immediately before

. Each of two

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 ...

s features a

trifora Trifora is a type of three-light window. The trifora usually appears in towers and belfries—on the top floors, where it is necessary to lighten the structure with wider openings. Overview The trifora has three openings divided by two small colu ...

flanked by pairs of

monofora Monofora is a type of the single-light window, usually narrow, crowned by an arch, and decorated by small columns or pilasters. Overview The term usually refers to a certain type of window designed during the Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance ...

s. The mezzanine attic has rectangular windows; all other openings are arched. The facade is pained bright orange and decorated with marble

patera In the material culture of classical antiquity, a ''phiale'' ( ) or ''patera'' () is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It often has a bulbous indentation ('' omphalos'', "bellybutton") in the center underside to facilitate holding it, ...

e, white string courses, and other moldings. The palace houses municipal offices.

References

{{Reflist Palaces in Sestiere San Marco Palaces on the Grand Canal (Venice) Buildings and structures completed in the 16th century Medieval Italian architecture Renaissance architecture in Venice

History

Architecture

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