The Palazzo Giustiniani Businello is

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-style palace located on the Grand Canal, 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 ...

, adjacent to the

Palazzo Papadopoli The Palazzo Papadopoli is a Baroque-style palace located on the Canal Grande of Venice, between Palazzo Giustinian Businello and Palazzo Donà a Sant'Aponal in the Sestiere of San Polo, Venice, Italy. The opposite building is the Palazzo Corner C ...

, in

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, Italy.

Palazzo Giustinian Businello gran canal adjusted

History

The palace was commissioned in the 13th century by the aristocratic

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, but later transferred to the

Giustiniani family The House of Giustiniani is the name of a prominent Italian family which originally belonged to Venice, but also established itself in Genoa, and at various times had representatives in Naples, Corsica and in the islands of the Archipelago, where t ...

. In the 18th century, the Businello became owners of the palace. In the 19th century, it housed the dancer

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. The building has undergone a number of renovations.Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at :it:Palazzo Giustiniani Businello; see its history for attribution.

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