Palazzo Boldù in San Felice, Venice

Palazzo Boldù a San Felice (also known as Palazzo Boldù Ghisi) is a palace in Venice, located in the Cannaregio district, overlooking the left side of the Grand Canal, between Palazzetto Da Lezze and Palazzo Contarini Pisani

 

History

16th century building built for the Boldù family, counted among the "New Houses" of the Republic of Venice, it became property of the Ghisi towards the end of the 17th century who rebuilt it; it was subsequently purchased by the Contarinis, owners of the adjacent Palazzo Contarini Pisani, who wanted to unify the two buildings but the project never went through, a fact that today its vision gives a decided sense of incompleteness similar to that of Palazzo Flangini.

 

Architecture

The facade is decidedly asymmetrical, with the main openings of the various floors next to the adjacent Palazzo Contarini Pisani. The ground floor, with a water gate, is in ashlar while the floors above are plastered with stylistic motifs in Istrian stone. On the first noble floor there is a serliana, while on the second one there is a trifora of equal width; given the marked asymmetry, the usual pairs of single-lancet windows are only on the left side of the facade. Of note inside the frescoes in excellent condition by the artist Jacopo Guarana.

 

 

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