Palazzo Soranzo Cappello is a palace in
Venice, Italy
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located in the
Santa Croce district, near
Palazzo Gradenigo. The palace is currently occupied by the Superintendence of Archaeology, the Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan area of Venice and the provinces of Belluno, Padua and Treviso.
History
The palace was built in the late 16th century by the powerful
Soranzo family. The style is similar to that of
Michele Sanmicheli. Subsequently, the palazzo passed through numerous families. For some time it was used as a barracks. After a few decades of neglect in the 20th century, the building has been restored.
Architecture
The facade, facing the Rio Marin, is of four levels with a mezzanine and two noble floors. The first
noble floor is decorated with an elegant
serliana with white-stone inserts and a
balustrade
A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its con ...
. Both noble floors are underlined by stringcourse cornices, standing out of the pink plaster wall. There is a gable in the central part of the top floor, terminating with a tympanum. Two small chimneys replace those that originally were two high pinnacles. The interior has valuable paintings and decorative works. The palazzo has a garden, which was mentioned in the works of poet
Gabriele D'Annunzio and writer
Henry James—the palazzo, in fact, seems to be the one in which the stories of ''
Il fuoco'' (1900) and ''
The Aspern Papers
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'' (1888) are respectively set.
Gallery
Venezia - Palazzo Soranzo (Santa Croce) - Foto di Paolo Steffan.jpg, Side view on the facade
Rio Marin Venezia.jpg, Fondamenta Rio Marin
See also
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Palazzo Soranzo Pisani
Palazzetto Tiepolo or Palazzo Soranzo Pisani is a 15th century palace in Venice, located in the San Polo district and overlooking the right side of the Grand Canal, between Palazzo Tiepolo and Palazzo Tiepolo Passi. The name Palazzo Soranzo Pi ...
References
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Houses completed in the 16th century
Soranzo Cappello
Baroque architecture in Venice
Soranzo family