Palazzo Giustinian Recanati is a palace in Venice, Italy, located in the

Dorsoduro Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of Venice, in northern Italy. Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and Isola Sacca Fisola. Its name derives from the Italian for "hard ridge", due to its comparati ...

district and overlooking the

Giudecca Canal The Giudecca Canal ( vec, Canal de ła Zueca) is a body of water that flows into the San Marco basin in Venice, Italy. It is one of the major canals in the city, it bisects the ''sestieri'' of Dorsoduro, separating Giudecca island and district fr ...

, just to the left of Palazzo Clary.

History

Palazzo Giustinian was built in the 16th century for one branch of the Giustinian family, that was linked to the

Morosini family The House of Morosini was a powerful Venetian noble family that gave many doges, statesmen, generals, and admirals to the Republic of Venice, as well as cardinals to the Church. History One legend says the family reached the Venetian lagoon ...

by marriage. Then the palazzo passed to the Recanati, a family originally from

Badia Polesine Badia Polesine is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about west of Rovigo. It is part of the upper Polesine, and is bounded by the Adige river, which separates ...

and in the 17th century ascribed to the Venetian patriciate. Currently, the building is well-preserved in all its parts and still belongs to the descendants of the Giustinian Recanati family.

Architecture

The palazzo is of three floors. The façade has, on the ground floor, a large portal decorated by the Giustinian stone coat of arms. The

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 ...

is decorated by a

quadrifora Quadrifora is a type of four-light window. It appears in towers and belfries on top floors, where it is necessary to lighten the structure with wider openings. The quadrifora can also be a group closely set windows. Overview The quadrifora is d ...

flanked 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. All openings on the noble floor are supported with stone balconies and inscribed in rectangular frames. The attic level, terminating with a denticulated cornice, offers a series of eight square windows. The rear façade of the palace has neoclassical lines, due to an 18th-century intervention, probably by Antonio Diedo. This façade overlooks a small garden separated from the Rio Ognissanti by a wall, on which stands a 19th-century statue representing the Madonna and Child. The interiors of the palace are sumptuously decorated with 18th-century stuccos and antique furnishings.

Gallery

Zattere al Ponte Lungo vista dal Canale Giudecca 2.jpg, The view from the

Zattere Fondamenta Ponte lungo case 3.jpg, Palazzo Giustinian Recanati (right) and Ca' Lippomano (left) on Fondamenta Zattere al Ponte Lungo. View from de Giudecca Canal. Venezia - Palazzo Giustinian Recanati - Foto di Paolo Steffan.jpg, Facade details

References

{{Reflist Houses completed in the 16th century Giustinian Recanati Renaissance architecture in Venice

History

Architecture

Gallery

See also

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