Ca' Bernardo is a palace in Venice, located in the San Polo district, not far from Campo San Polo. It overlooks the Riel Sant'Antonio and the Rio di San Polo.
Dating back to the 15th century, the palace was the noble seat of the Bernardo family. It was frescoed internally in the eighteenth century. It still retains its function as a private residence. The ground floor was the seat of the Venetian Musive Society from 1876 to 1913.
A three-storey building plus a mezzanine in the attic, Ca' Bernardo
is one of the most representative and elegant facades of Venetian
Gothic: it is characterized by the presence of two noble floors with a
four-lancet window in the centre. Of particular value are the precious
capitals, carved with floral motifs and the other decorations of the
frames of the quadrifore.
The entrance portal on the canal, in
the centre, has an interesting arched layout surmounted by two oculi.
Inside, the eighteenth-century frescoes are still preserved on the
second noble floor.