Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti is a palace in

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, Italy, not far from the Ponte dell'Accademia and next to the Palazzo Barbaro on the

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. Since 1999 it has been the seat of the

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and frequently houses cultural events.

History

The palace was erected in 1565. In the 19th century it was internally modernised and externally enriched in

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style, with rich window framing, by a series of grand owners. The first neo-Gothic improvements were made after 1840, when the young Archduke Frederick Ferdinand of Austria (1821–1847) reassembled the property, the Palazzo Cavalli-Gussoni, which had become divided among heirs, and embarked on a complex project intended to give a more prominent Habsburg presence along the Grand Canal, as

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had been awarded the territories of Venice after the

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. At his premature death, unmarried, in 1847 the palazzo was bought by Henri, comte de Chambord, styled "Henri V" by Bourbon legitimists, who entrusted further restorations to Giambattista Meduna; his portrait on the balcony, with Santa Maria Della Salute in the background, is in the

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. In 1878, Baron Raimondo Franchetti (1829–1905),Peerage.com
who had married Sarah Luisa de Rothschild (1834–1924), daughter of Anselm Salomon Rothschild of the Vienna Rothschilds, bought the palazzo and commissioned further works by architect

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, who constructed the grand staircase. In September 1922, it was sold to the Istituto Federale di Credito per il Risorgimento delle Venezie by Franchetti's widow.

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Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti websitePalazzo Cavalli-Franchetti websitePalazzo Cavalli-Franchetti history by Giandomenico Romanelli
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