Palazzo Duodo is a palace in Venice, located in the Santa Croce district and overlooking the Grand Canal, adjacent to Ca' Tron and a few steps from San Stae.
The palace is a noble residence of very ancient foundation, dating back to a period of time between the end of the fourteenth century and the beginning of the fifteenth century. In the following century it was remodeled, while maintaining its proportions. Palazzo Duodo owes its name to the nineteenth-century owners, members of the Duodo family. Subsequently, the building passed to the Balbi Valier family. Currently, restored several times and in a good state of conservation, it is still a private residence.
The facade of Palazzo Duodo highlights the two levels (with mezzanine) of which the structure in Venetian Gothic style is composed. Centrally, above the thin serrated cornice of the old structure, a small gabled elevation opened by two single lancet windows is certainly of a later period. The opening of the single main floor repeats a common pattern in the Gothic facades of the lagoon city, with a pair of ogival single-lancet windows on the sides and a balustraded four-lancet window in the centre. The only other Gothic element is the ancient water portal.