Palazzo Brandolin Rota is a palace in Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district and overlooking the Grand Canal, between the Gallerie dell'Accademia and Palazzo Contarini Polignac.
Palazzo Rota was built in the XVII century, with only two floors; in
the mid-eighteenth century, the century in which the structure was
brought to its present dimensions, it was acquired in the second half of
the 1800s by the noble Franz Edler von Hruschka.
It is currently
owned by the Brandolini Rota family.
In the 19th century it was
adapted to house the Universo hotel, and for a short time it became the
home of the famous soprano Toti Dal Monte. In more recent times, the
building has hosted the Circolo Società dell'Unione, one of the last
gentlemen's clubs in Italy.
Currently the building has returned
to being a private home.
Palazzo Brandolin Rota is a three-story building, with a mezzanine between the ground floor and first noble floor. The facade on the canal is simple, with a round arched portal on the water in the centre. The two main floors, from different periods but substantially the same, each have nine round arched openings, with the five central ones joined to form a pentafora; the presence of balustrades affecting all the openings on the first noble floor and on the second only the five-light window should be noted, where the building has a part of the raised and gabled facade, with two square single-lancet windows.