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Palazzo Barbarigo della Palazzo Capello-Layard was the
Terrazza, built in the 1560s, was home of Sir Austen Henry
known for its roof terrace. It now Layard, excavator of
houses the German Institute. Nineveh.
Sant’ Angelo
Palazzo Corner Spinelli,
Mauro Coducci’s outstanding
Renaissance palace, built in 1490–
1510, became a prototype for other
mansions in Venice.
Palazzo Garzoni, a
renovated Gothic palace, is
now part of the university.
The traghetto service, which
links the neighbouring Calle
Garzoni to San Tomà on the
other side of the canal, is
one of the oldest in Venice.
Palazzo Mocenigo, formed by four palaces
linked together, has a plaque to the poet
Byron, who stayed here in 1818.
Palazzo Moro Lin, also known as the “palace of
the 13 windows”, was created in the 17th century
for the painter Pietro Liberi by merging two
Gothic houses.
Palazzo Grassi, built in the 1730s and
bought by François-Henri Pinault in
2005, exhibits contemporary art.
Palazzo
Capello
Malipiero Palazzo Capello Malipiero, a Gothic
palace, was reconstructed in 1622. Beside it,
in Campo di San Samuele, stands the
church of San Samuele, which has a
12th-century Veneto-Byzantine campanile.
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