The Palazzo Morosini Gatterburg, also referred to as the Palazzo Morosini at Santo Stefano, is a 17th-century palace facing the

Campo Santo Stefano Campo Santo Stefano is a city square near the Ponte dell'Accademia, in the sestiere of San Marco, Venice, Italy. Buildings around the square * Santo Stefano, Venice *San Vidal, Venice *Palazzo Morosini Gatterburg *Palazzo Loredan *Palazzo Pisani ...

in the sestiere of San Marco,

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...

, Italy. The palace, bought by 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 i ...

in 1628, was originally refurbished by

Francesco Morosini Francesco Morosini (26 February 1619 – 16 January 1694) was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War. He was one of the many Doges and generals produced by the noble Venetian family of Morosini.Encyclopæd ...

, known as ''Peloponnesiaco'' for his victories against the Ottomans in Morea (as the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece was referred to at the time), and doge from 1688-1694. The Palace was still held in the 19th century by a descendant, Lauredana Morosini Gatterburg, but in 1884, many of the possessions were sold, and others came into the possession of the

Museo Correr The Museo Correr () is a museum in Venice, northern Italy. Located in St. Mark's Square, Venice, it is one of the 11 civic museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. The museum extends along the southside of the square on the upper ...

. The paneling and furniture of one of the rooms is now on display in the

Gardner Museum The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was foun ...

of Boston. The palace still contains some of the original stucco decoration and frescoes of a mythologic theme in what was once a hall displaying some of the loot from Morea. Also there are frescoes completed for the 1688 wedding of Francesco Morosini and Paulina Mocenigo. The palace is now owned by Assicurazioni Generali, a bank, and serves for display of their collections. Bull-fights took place in the campo in front of the palace as late as 1802 At one time, the palace also had portraits of eight Doges of the Morosini family, as well as of

Tomasina Morosini Tomasina Morosini (c. 1250 in Venice – 1300 in Óbuda), Duchess of Slavonia, was a member of the prominent Venetian Morosini family. Her son was Andrew III, the Venetian King of Hungary. Life She was the daughter of Michele Sbarra Morosini, Pa ...

, queen of Hungary, and Costanza Morosini, queen of Croatia.''Italia: Alta Italia''
by Luigi Filippo Augusta Bolaffio, page 387.

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