One of the biggest palaces in Venice is
This extraordinary palace dating back to the Early Renaissance is for sale in Venice, offering extraordinary views of the Grand Canal in the elegant Sestiere San Marco. Its facade of dry, austere elegance is almost in brash contrast with the most ornate style that is widespread in the Lagoon. Its size is also impressive, which means that it can rightfully be counted among the largest palaces in Venice. Proudly owned by people from different nationalities, this building therefore visually narrates its layered cultural history and the permeability towards artistic and architectural influences from other capitals. In the 17th century its owner was the most important Flemish merchant, after which the palace became the home of wealthy families of ancient nobility. This until 1917, when it was purchased by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, whose family played a role of extraordinary importance for Italy, right in this building, in the historical, political, economic and cultural events in the international field between the first and second world wars. In the interiors each owner left an authoritative mark of his economic power in the very rich decorations which are expressed, for example, in the high ceilings and in the precious Venetian terrazzo floors. The internal structure takes up the classic canons of traditional Venetian architecture: the main water door leads into the entrance hall on the ground floor, a sumptuous intermediate space between the inside and outside, framed by a large ceiling and a majestic colonnade, and leads to an airy internal courtyard that offers a truly unique privacy in Venice. Ref: 9261
