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64  VENICE AREA B Y AREA

San Geremia to San Stae

This stretch sees the start of the great palaces.
The most remarkable is the Vendramin
Calergi, which became a model for
other Venetian palaces.
San Geremia Palazzo Labia, frescoed with Tiepolo’s
houses the Story of Cleopatra, is intermittently Locator Map
relics of St open to the public (see p147).
Lucy, formerly
preserved in Ca’ dei Cuori (House of
Santa Lucia, Palazzo Querini has Hearts) was named after
where the the family coat of the hearts in the family
station now arms on the façade. coat of arms.
stands.

Riva di Biasio

Palazzo Giovanelli,
a restored Gothic
palace, was acquired
by the Giovanellis in
1755. This titled non-
Venetian family had
been admitted into Fondaco dei Turchi was a splendid Veneto-
the Great Council in Byzantine building before last century’s
1668 for a fee of brutal restoration. Today it houses the
100,000 ducats. Natural History Museum (see p109).

Palazzo Donà
Balbi, built in the
17th century, is
named after two
great Venetian
families who Deposito del Megio, a crenellated
intermarried. The building with a reconstructed Lion
Donà family of St Mark, was a granary in the
produced four doges. 15th century.

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