Palazzo Patriarcale (or ''Arcivescovile'') is a palace in the

Piazzetta dei Leoncini Piazzetta dei Leoncini is a city square in Venice, Italy. The square is located on the north side of the St Mark's Basilica, near the Palazzo Patriarcale and San Basso. The square is known for its lion statuary. Also on the square, in an alcove ...

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 ...

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. It is the seat of the

Patriarchate of Venice The Patriarchate of Venice ( la, Patriarchatus Venetiarum), also sometimes called the Archdiocese of Venice, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Venice, Italy. In 1451 the Patriarchate o ...

History

After the fall of the Venetian Republic,

St Mark's Basilica The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark ( it, Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco), commonly known as St Mark's Basilica ( it, Basilica di San Marco; vec, Baxéłega de San Marco), is the cathedral church of the Catholic Chu ...

became a cathedral, the Palazzo Patriarcale was built as the new headquarters of the

(former headquarter was San Pietro di Castello). In 1837, architect Lorenzo Santi started to work on the building. The construction ended in 1850.Palazzo Patriarcale
''Venipedia.it'' From 1894 to 1903, the building was the residence of Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (1835-1914), who later became

Pope Pius X Pope Pius X ( it, Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of C ...

.Palazzo Patriarcale
''Veneziaupt.org''Aprono al pubblico il rinnovato Museo Diocesano e il Palazzo Patriarcale
''Tribunaleecclesiasticotriveneto.it'' Between 2005 and 2007, the

Diocesan Museum A diocesan museum is a museum for an ecclesiastical diocese, a geographically-based division of the Christian Church. Austria: * Diocesan Museum, Graz, Styria * Gurk Treasury, Carinthia * Diocesan Museum, Linz, Upper Austria * Cathedral Mus ...

hosted two private exhibitions, ''Il ciclo di Tintoretto e la quadreria del Palazzo Patriarcale'' and "Officina Dürer". In 2006, the heating and air-conditioning systems in the building were modernized. The Diocesan Museum, housed in the building, opened to the public in 2007.

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The Palazzo Patriarcale is adjacent to the

. The façade faces the

. The building also houses the Historical Archive of the Patriarchate of Venice.Archivio Storico del Patriarcato di Venezia
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List of palaces in Venice The palaces in Venice are the following: *Ca' da Mosto *Ca' d'Oro *Ca' Farsetti *Ca' Loredan *Ca' Pesaro *Ca' Rezzonico *Ca' Vendramin Calergi * Ca' Zen * Palazzo Adoldo *Palazzo Ariani *Palazzo Barbarigo *Palazzo Barbarigo Nani Mocenigo *Palazzi ...

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