Palazzo Barbarigo Nani Mocenigo is a Gothic palace in

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located in the

Dorsoduro Dorsoduro is one of the six sestiere (Venice), sestieri of Venice, in northern Italy. Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and Isola Sacca Fisola. Its name derives from the Italian language, Italian fo ...

district, along the Nani embankment on the San Trovaso canal, near the Campo San Trovaso.

History

The palace dates to the 15th century and was the residence of the

Barbarigo family The Barbarigo were a Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician, Venetian nobility, noble Venetian family, whose members had an important role in the history of the Republic of Venice. History The family originated from the Istrian area (accordin ...

. The building was part of the dowry that Elena Barbarigo, a daughter of Doge Agostino Barbarigo, brought to her husband Giorgio Nani. From them the palace passed to his son Bernardo, a founder of the family branch named ''di San Trovaso''. In the first half of the 19th century, the San Trovaso branch died out, and the complex became the home of the distant relatives of Nani Mocenigo who previously lived in a building on the

Cannaregio Cannaregio () is the northernmost of the six historic ''sestieri of Venice''. It is the second largest ''sestiere'' by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people . Isola di San Michele, the historic cemetery island, is associate ...

district. Part of the building still belongs to this family, while the rest was purchased by the Ca' Foscari University, which made it the seat of the Department of Italian Studies, along with an adjoining library. Starting in 2007, the building remained empty for several years, sometimes being rented out to wealthy tourists or used for art events. , it houses the Hotel Nani Mocenigo Palace.

Architecture

The palace is a typical example of

Venetian Gothic architecture Venetian Gothic is the particular form of Italian Gothic architecture typical of Venice, originating in local building requirements, with some influence from Byzantine architecture, and some from Islamic architecture, reflecting Venice's trading ...

of the 14-15th centuries. The square-shaped façade has three levels and a mezzanine. The ground floor offers two Gothic portals: the central one and the smaller one on the left. The two

noble floor (Italian language, Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, ) is the architectural term for the principal floor of a ''palazzo''. This floor contains the main reception and bedro ...

s have central quadriforas supported by balustrades and flanked by pairs of ogival single-light windows. The first noble floor has a pair of coats of arms in the wings. On the right side of the roof, there is a terrace overlooking the San Trovaso and Giudecca Canal area.

References

{{Reflist Houses completed in the 15th century Palaces in Sestiere Dorsoduro Barbarigo

History

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