Palazzo Bembo is a Venetian palace, located in the San Marco district and overlooking the Grand Canal, not far from the Rialto Bridge and next to Palazzo Dolfin Manin.
Built by the patrician Bembo family in the 15th century, it was
remodeled several times over the centuries, especially internally, but
externally it still maintains its original layout, with the exception of
the forms of the attic.
Today the building is home to a hotel
business and a contemporary art exhibition space.
The facade of Ca' Bembo, an excellent example of unification between
several buildings through the use of various expedients including the
presence of a continuous balcony, shows off a clear Venetian Gothic
appearance, with its three levels of ogival windows: of these the pairs
of five-light windows on the piano nobile and on the upper floor, with
their simple appearance, take on particular importance. The levels are
separated by stone frames carved in bas-relief.
Inside there is a
seventeenth-century staircase overlooking the internal courtyard that
leads to the noble floor, where there are decorations dating back to the
same century, in Baroque style. The portego, i.e. the reception hall,
develops at the polyfora on the right.