The Palazzo Donà or Donà Brusa is a

Venetian Gothic Venetian Gothic is the particular form of Italian Gothic architecture typical of Venice, originating in local building requirements, with some influence from Byzantine architecture, and some from Islamic architecture, reflecting Venice's trading ...

style palace located in

Campo San Polo file:Chiesa di San Polo (Venice) -abside.jpg, Apse of ''Chiesa di San Polo'' file:Chiesa di San Polo (Venice) Plaque Abside .jpg, The plate of the prohibition of games. The Campo San Polo is the largest campo in Venice, Italy, the second largest ...

in the

Sestiere of San Polo San Polo ( vec, San Poło) is the smallest and most central of the six sestieri of Venice, northern Italy, covering 86 acres (35 hectares) along the Grand Canal. It is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before ...

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. The palace was originally built by the old aristocratic

Donà family The House of Donà, also known as Donato, are an old patrician family in Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group o ...

, originally from

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. Three members of the family,

Francesco Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name " Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), sev ...

Leonardo Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate ...

, and Nicolo became Doges. The composer Giovanni Francesco Brusa, a collaborator with

Carlo Goldoni Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...

, lived in the palace. The palace is now owned by the ''Signum Foundation'', which sponsors exhibitions from Polish and foreign contemporary artists.Signum Foundation
website. There are at four three other Dona palaces in Venice, the Palazzo Donà della Madoneta on the Grand Canal, the Palazzo Donà-Ottobon in Fondamenta San Severo in Castello, Palazzo Donà Balbi in Santa Croce, and the Palazzo Donà dalle Rose in

Cannaregio Cannaregio () is the northernmost of the six historic ''sestieri'' (districts) of Venice. It is the second largest ''sestiere'' by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people . Isola di San Michele, the historic cemetery island, ...

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