Palazzo Zorzi Bon is a historic palace in Venice located in the Castello district. The building inspired the book ''The Zorzi Affair'' by the American writer Sylva Prince.

Architecture

The palace has four levels. Squeezed between

Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni The Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni or Palazzo Zorzi a Rio San Severo is a Renaissance style palace of the Zorzi family (also spelled Giorgi)in the Sestiere of Castello, number 4930, in central Venice, Italy; it was designed after 1480 by Mauro Codussi. I ...

, with which it was once communicating, and the

Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa The Palazzo Grimani of Santa Maria Formosa is a State museum, located in Venice in the Castello district, near Campo Santa Maria Formosa. History The palace can be reached by land from Ruga Giuff(map) The water entry, very used in ancient times, ...

, the Palazzo Zorzi Bon boasts a 14th-century

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It e ...

which, although modified by Renaissance interventions, still retains a pentafora on the noble floor, surmounted 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 ...

on the attic floor. These windows are each flanked by two 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 windows of the noble floor have projecting balconies. On the mezzanine below, the window structure is repeated, albeit with small, rectangular windows. On the ground floor, there are two arched portals to the water, shifted from the center to the left, with a small oval window between them. To the right of the right portal is the third portal to the water, which was bricked up. The entire facade is made of exposed brickwork; the frames of the openings and the balconies are made of

Istrian stone Istrian stone, ''pietra d'Istria'', the characteristic group of building stones in the architecture of Venice, Istria and Dalmatia, is a dense type of impermeable limestones that was quarried in Istria, nowadays Croatia; between Portorož and Pu ...

Gallery

Calle de l'arco detta bon venice pal zorzi bon.jpg, Facade details Rio San Severo (Venice).jpg, Rio San Severo Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Venezia, 1968) - BEIC 6330488.jpg, Detail of the facade of the building in a photo by

Paolo Monti Paolo Monti (11 August 1908 – 29 November 1982) was an Italian photographer, known for his architectural photography. In his early period, Monti experimented with abstractionism as well as with effects such as blurring and diffraction. In 1 ...

(1968) Calle de l'arco detta bon venice.jpg, The arc

References

{{Reflist Houses completed in the 14th century Palaces in Sestiere Castello Gothic architecture in Venice