Palazzo Pisani Gritti is a Venetian palace located in the San Marco
district, and overlooks the Grand Canal, opposite the basilica of
Santa Maria della Salute.
The
left side elevation overlooks Campo del Traghetto, where the Church of
Santa Maria del Giglio stands.
The palace dates back to the 14th century, when it was designed as a
three-story building.
The facade of Campo del Traghetto is the result
of sixteenth-century modifications, contemporary with the frescoes
commissioned from Giorgione for the facade on the canal, now lost
(similarly to those of the Fontego dei Tedeschi).
Rear makeovers
In the second half of the 19th century the building was raised by one
floor. In the 20th century it was adapted to house a luxury hotel, with
the present first floor front terrace built over the canal.
Palazzo Pisani is a four-storey building, with a very low ground floor and more developed three noble floors, all in the Gothic style, of which the pointed arch openings are characteristic. The two central ones have four well distributed and symmetrical single-light windows on the sides and an elegant five-light window centrally, for a total of nine windows per floor. The third floor, later (around 1890), differs, which, while following the Gothic stylistic features of the two lower noble floors, is visibly neo-Gothic: moreover, in place of the pentafora, it has three single-lancet windows spaced from each other, which they highlight the time lag, without breaking the harmonious relationship between the parts.