Palazzo Tiepolo is a historic building located in Venice in the San Polo district and overlooking the Grand Canal between Palazzo Tiepolo Passi and Palazzo Pisani Moretta.
This palace was built in the mid-16th century on the site of an
ancient palace, probably of ancient Venetian-Byzantine origin. The
creator of the construction is not known. The main facade of the
building, in early Renaissance style, is divided by three stringcourses
and spread over four levels: ground floor (pé pian), two noble floors
(soleri) and a mezzanine under the roofs.
The pé pian is
characterized by the presence of twin arched doors and binoculars in the
centre. On the first noble floor there is a quadrifora with central
arches and an adjacent balcony (pergolo). On the sides, two pairs of
single-lancet windows in the same style, without a pergola. On the
second main floor there is another similar four-lancet window with a
pergola on the adjacent sides and two pairs of single-lancet windows in
the same style, without a pergola. On the facade are still visible the
remains of frescoes made by Andrea Meldola, known as the Schiavone, are
in poor conditions of conservation and need restoration. There is a
dormer above the eaves line.
The interior is decorated with polychrome stuccos, while the portego is embellished with valuable frescoes by Jacopo Guarana.