Palazzo Soranzo Cappello

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Palazzo Soranzo Cappello
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Palazzo Soranzo Cappello
Palazzo Soranzo Cappello
General information
TypeResidential
Architectural styleBaroque
Address Santa Croce district
Town or city Venice
CountryItaly
Coordinates 45°26′23.94″N12°19′27.99″E / 45.4399833°N 12.3244417°E / 45.4399833; 12.3244417
Construction stopped16th century
Technical details
Floor count4

Palazzo Soranzo Cappello is a palace in Venice, Italy 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. [1] [2] [3]

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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. [4] [5]

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. 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 (1888) are respectively set. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "The garden of Palazzo Soranzo Cappello". Events - Venezia Unica. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Canal Knowledge". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Giardino di Palazzo Soranzo Cappello". Luoghi - Italian Botanical Heritage. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Venezia, Conoscere (22 September 2018). "Il Giardino di Palazzo Soranzo Cappello, a San Simeone Grande". Conoscere Venezia (in Italian). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Cody, Jeff; Siravo, Francesco (2019). Historic Cities: Issues in Urban Conservation. Getty Publications. p. 374. ISBN   9781606065938 . Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Tredy, Dennis; Duperray, Annick; Harding, Adrian (2019). Reading Henry James in the Twenty-First Century: Heritage and Transmission. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 112. ISBN   9781527535459 . Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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