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Palazzo Giustinian
w . Ca’ Rezzonico was home to Tiepolo’s New World fresco, part of a series
The ballroom covers the Wagner in 1858. in Ca’ Rezzonico
C DEL L A CHIESA R I O D I C A’ F O S C A R I Francesco Foscari. Fondamenta Rezzonico 3136.
width of the palazzo once
w Ca’ Rezzonico
owned by Browning.
Ca’ Foscari was
completed in
1437 for Doge
Map 6 E3. Tel 041 241 01 00. 4 Ca’
Rezzonico. Open 10am–6pm Wed–
C D ASEO C SAONERI Mon (Nov–Mar: to 5pm, last adm:
1 hr before closing). Closed 1 Jan,
25 Dec. & = 9 7 ^ -
∑ visitmuve.it
C A M P O M A R G H E R I TA C DEL MAGAZEN C FOSCARI This palazzo houses the
S A N TA
museum of 18th-century
Venice, its rooms furnished with
frescoes, paintings and period
pieces taken from other palaces
or museums. Building began
with Longhena (architect of
La Salute, see p109) in 1667, but
A P O N A L C DELL A V I DA C A L L E B E R N A R D O the funds of the Bon family, who
commissioned it, ran dry before
C A N A L G R A N D E
the second floor was started.
In 1712 the unfinished palace
was bought by the Rezzonico
R T C A N A L
family of Genoa, who spent
a large portion of their fortune
C D BOTTEGHE
on its completion.
F M TA D S Q U E R O The Rezzonico family sold it
on, in 1888, to the famous poet
FONDAMENTA GHER ARDINI CAMPO Robert Browning and his son,
Pen. The outstanding attraction
SAN
BARNABA C A L L E D E L T R A G H E T T O in the palace today is Giorgio
Massari’s ballroom, which
occupies the entire breadth of
the building. It is adorned with
C LU N G A S A N B A R N A B A gilded chandeliers, carved
furniture by Andrea Brustolon
and a ceiling with trompe l’oeil
frescoes. Other rooms have
frescoes by Giambattista
Tiepolo, including his lively
Nuptial Allegory (1758), and one
by his son, Giandomenico,
originally in his villa at Zianigo.
San Barnaba is a thriving There are paintings by Longhi,
Ponte dei Pugni was a community, with its Guardi, and – rare in Venice –
traditional scene of fist own floating barge stall Canaletto. On the top floor is
fights between rival factions. crammed with fresh fruit and a reconstructed 18th-century
They were finally banned in vegetables. It is a focal point apothecary’s shop and the
1705 for being too violent. for tourists and locals alike. Pinacoteca Martini.
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