Palazzo Contarini Pisani, Venice

Palazzo Contarini Pisani is a palace in Venice, located in the Cannaregio district, overlooking the left side of the Grand Canal, between Palazzo Boldù and Casa Levi Morenos, opposite Ca' Corner della Regina.

 

History and architecture

Dating back to the 16th century, the palace belonged to the Contarini family, who wanted to combine it with an adjacent building, but this was never realized. This is partly why the palazzo looks prosaic and outwardly unremarkable. The four-story building has a semicircular arched portal with access to the water, framed by two rectangular and two square window openings, and rustication in the corners. The first floor is separated from the upper ones by a massive cornice, which turns the floor into a kind of loggia. The triple windows in the middle emphasize the central axis of the composition. All openings are framed with Istrian limestone; corner stones on both sides of the facade are also made of this material up to the middle of the second floor. On the right side, the first floor ends with a lonely, strange in proportion, but typically Venetian column with a fancy capital.

 

 

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