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70 VENICE AREA B Y AREA
La Volta del Canal
The point where the canal doubles back sharply on itself is known
as La Volta – the bend. This splendid curve was long ago established
as the finishing stretch for the annual Regata Storica (see p39).
Palazzo Marcello, which
belonged to an old Venetian
family, is also called “dei Locator Map
Leoni” because of the lions
either side of the doorway. Palazzo Persico, on the corner
of Rio San Polo, is a
Palazzo Civran- 16th-century house in
Grimani is a Classical Lombardesque style.
building of the early
17th century.
Palazzo Balbi, seat of the regional
government, was built for Nicolò
Balbi, who is said to have died
of a chill surveying its
construction. From here,
Napoleon viewed the 1807
regatta, held in his honour.
San Tomà
Ca’ Foscari was built for
Doge Francesco Foscari in
1437 (see p26). It is now part
of the University of Venice.
Palazzo Giustinian was the
residence of Wagner in
1858–9, when he was Palazzo Moro Lin
composing the second act Palazzo Grassi
of Tristan and Isolde.
San Samuele
Palazzo
Capello
Ca’ Rezzonico, now the museum Malipiero
of 18th-century Venice (see p130),
became the home of the poet Ca’ Rezzonico
Robert Browning and his son,
Pen, in 1888.
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