Palazzo Foscari (also called ''Palazzetto Foscari'') is a Gothic style palace 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 of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, built in the 14th century; it is located at the civic number 795 in the island of Giudecca, near the

Molino Stucky The Molino Stucky is a Neo-Gothic building in Venice, on the western end of Giudecca island, near the ancient village Fortuny. It was designed by Ernst Wullekopf and built between 1884 and 1895 by the Swiss businessman Giovanni Stucky, whose fath ...

. Originally one of the palaces built for the 65th doge of Venice Francesco Foscari and his family, in the late 19th century Palazzo Foscari in Giudecca was also inhabited by

Giovanni Stucky Giovanni Stucky (27 May 1843, in Venice – 21 May 1910) was a Swiss businessman.He never became an Italian citizen neither did his sons. Later on, this was one of causes of the financial bankrupt of the family. They were denied the refundings for ...

, the Swiss engineer who completely renovated and enlarged the flour mills of Venice, applying modern manufacturing concepts and techniques (source: mosaic in the staircase, datation 1898). From 1992 to 2006, the palace hosted the Archivio musicale Luigi Nono, the musical archive of the Venetian composer. Since 2006, the palazzo has hosted a modern and contemporary art gallery, named after the address Giudecca 795.

Bibliography

* ''Marcello Brusegan. La grande guida dei monumenti di Venezia''. Roma, Newton & Compton, 2005 * ''Guida d'Italia - Venezia'' (third edition), Touring editore, Milan, 2007 * ''Venezia dall'Alto/Venice from Above'', AWD Editore, Legnano, 2009 {{Portal, Architecture

Foscari The House of Foscari () was an ancient Venetian patrician family, which reached its peak in the 14th–15th centuries, culminating in the dogeship of Francesco Foscari (1423–1457). History According to family tradition, they originated from ...

Foscari family