Palazzo Da Mula Morosini and Palazzo Centani Morosini are two palaces in Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district and overlooking the Grand Canal between Palazzo Barbarigo and Ca' Biondetti, home of Rosalba Carriera. They are located not far from Campo San Vio. The two buildings were unified by the noble and influential Morosini family of Venice.
Palazzo Da Mula Morosini was built in the 15th century as a noble residence. It belonged to the Morosinis and today it retains its function as a private residence. It was the residence of Annina Morosini, who became famous for having made the Palace a meeting place for nobles, artists and politicians: even Kaiser Wilhelm II was a guest here. Palazzo Centani Morosini was built at a later time.
Da Mula Morosini Palace
Typical Gothic facade, Palazzo Da Mula is
arranged over four floors. The unadorned ground floor has small single
lancet windows and two round arched portals in the central part, which
open directly onto the Grand Canal.
The two noble floors and the
third floor are distinguished by the beauty of the three pointed arched
four-light windows (the one on the second floor with the protrusion of a
small terrace). The building has a small rear garden, bordering Palazzo
Barbarigo.
Artistic element of particular value is the tapestry
decoration of an internal hall.
According to an investigation by
the Anti-Corruption Foundation (Russia) Palazzio Da Mula Morosini,
together with an adjacent Palazzo Barbarigo, belongs to the Russian
conductor Valery Gergiev, this is only part of the vast legacy of
philanthropist Yoko Nagae Ceschina.
Palazzo Centani Morosini
Palazzo Centani Morosini is connected internally to the adjacent Palazzo
Da Mula Morosini. Built in a later period than the other residence, it
can be dated to the early Baroque period.
It spreads over four
floors and has a reduced decorative apparatus, characterized by a
prevalence of single lancet windows: regular and rectangular openings on
the ground floor and first floor and more complex openings on the upper
floors. In fact, the noble floor has two round-headed single-lancet
windows and a slightly jutting balcony, as well as a smaller
single-lancet window on the right side, while the top floor is
characterized by regular single-lancet windows.
The palace has a
rear monumental courtyard, which is also overlooked by another building,
considered a second rear block of the Palace, which also overlooks Rio
de Le Piere Bianche, a branch of Rio Toresele. The rear facade has no
architectural details, and has an additional lateral body.
A painting by Monet, dating back to 1908, depicts Palazzo Centani Morosini and Palazzo Da Mula Morosini.