Palazzo Garzoni is a palace in Venice, located in the San Marco district, overlooking the left side of the Grand Canal, between the Rio di Ca' Garzoni and the Fondaco Marcello, opposite Palazzo Pisani Moretta
The Garzoni family, originally from Bologna, landed in Venice towards the end of the 13th century and a century later obtained the Venetian nobility; it was registered with the Maggior Consiglio in 1381. In the 17th century it acquired ownership of this building which has since been known by their name. Until 2019 it was owned by the Ca' Foscari University which established the language faculty there. In 2019 it was purchased by an anonymous buyer through the famous English auction house Sotheby's for an unspecified price.
It is a 15th century Gothic palace which has seen its original appearance change very profoundly over time. On the ground floor there is a water portal with a round arch with protome in arch key. The development of the building continues with two main floors very similar to each other, with a central four-lancet arched window and two pairs of lateral single-lancet windows, all enclosed by small balconies. The mezzanine of the attic concludes the regularity of the façade, in the center of which a pair of cupids is still visible holding up an empty shield where the noble coat of arms of the family once stood out.