Palazzo Erizzo (Palazzo Erizzo alla Maddalena), Venice

Palazzo Molin Erizzo (also called Palazzo Erizzo alla Maddalena) is a palace in Venice located in the Cannaregio district and overlooking the Grand Canal between Palazzo Marcello and Palazzo Soranzo Piovene.

 

History

The building where the current palace stands was purchased in 1454 by Bernardo Molin q. Nicolò, owner of the building where the current Palazzo Marcello stands, who acquired it from the Zulian nobles thanks to the jus lateranitatis praelationis, which allowed the neighbor to enjoy a preference over other potential buyers. Shortly after this purchase, work was presumably commissioned for the elevation and for the facade which stylistically dates back to the mid-fifteenth century. It then passed to the Erizzos following the marriage between Giacomo Erizzo and Cecilia Molin, celebrated in 1650. The building underwent numerous renovations, which led to the rearrangement of the ground floor and the mezzanine.

 

Architecture

The main facade has a decidedly Gothic layout. There are numerous pointed arch windows, among which the pentafora of the main floor stands out, decisively shifted to the left. The noble floor is decorated with eighteenth-century works, among which the most famous are by Andrea Celesti and depict the deeds of Paolo Erizzo, bailo of Negroponte, sawn alive by the Turks on 12 July 1470.

 

 

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