Palazzo Civran is a palace in Venice, located in the Cannaregio district, overlooking the left side of the Grand Canal, just before the Fontego dei Tedeschi, between the Campiello del Remer and Palazzo Perducci.
The Civran family had owned this building since the 14th century to which they gave different stylistic forms in the alterations that took place over the years. Currently the building is owned by the state and is the headquarters of the Guardia di Finanza, as can also be seen from the colors of the Corps applied to the mooring poles.
Built in the 14th century, the forms of the current structure are the
result of the last major restoration that took place in the first half
of the 17th century, when the building assumed the architectural style
of the Late Renaissance. The ground floor is in ashlar with a central
arched water portal with a keystone in the shape of a human head; the
mezzanine consists of four openings much higher than the norm and
equipped with a metal railing.
The noble floor has a central
single lancet window almost equal to the underlying water portal and two
pairs of lateral single lancet windows, all joined by a single
projecting balcony. The second floor, of a smaller elevation, is made up
of five identical single-lancet windows aligned with the five on the
main floor and with single balconies. All the openings on the first and
second floors, except the central one on the main floor, are surmounted
by triangular tympanums.