Palazzo Corner Valmarana is a palace in Venice, located in the

San Marco San Marco is one of the six sestiere (Venice), sestieri of Venice, lying in the heart of the city as the main place of Venice. San Marco also includes the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Although the district includes Piazza San Marco, Saint Mar ...

district and overlooking the Grand Canal. It locates not far from the Ponte di Rialto, between Palazzo Cavalli and

Palazzo Grimani di San Luca The Palazzo Grimani di San Luca is a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style palace, located between the Palazzo Corner Valmarana and the Rio di San Luca (Venice), San Luca and the flanking Palazzo Corner Contarini dei Cavalli on the Grand C ...

History

It is a 16th-century building, but completely renovated in the second half of the 19th century, with interventions that favored the chromatic and decorative aspects of architecture.

Architecture

The façade is of four floors and overlooks the left bank of the Grand Canal, immediately before

. Each of 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 features a trifora flanked by 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 architecture, Romanesque, ...

s. The mezzanine attic has rectangular windows; all other openings are arched. The facade is pained bright orange and decorated with marble

patera In the material culture of classical antiquity, a ''patera'' () or ''phiale'' ( ) is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It often has a bulbous indentation ('' omphalos'', "belly button") in the center underside to facilitate holding it, ...

e, white string courses, and other moldings. The palace houses municipal offices.

References

{{Reflist Palaces in Sestiere San Marco Palaces on the Grand Canal (Venice) Buildings and structures completed in the 16th century Medieval Italian architecture Renaissance architecture in Venice

History

Architecture

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