Donà dalle Rose Palace
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General remarks:
| Date: | around 1600 |
| Address: | Cannaregio 5038 |
| Current use: | private |
| Overview map: | locate |
Description:
One of the last venetian palaces which is still posessed by descendants of the founder's family. The palace was begun by Doge Leonardo Donà (d. 1612) around 1600 and completed after his death. It is well preserved and contains baroque decorations in the only piano nobile appartment. Anyway, the garden area is today much neglected. The austere architecture of Palazzo Donà led to criticism when it was built - the building would not look like a palace ("Niente architettura per la casa del doge"). In fact, virtually no orders (except the use of tuscan capitals) and no limestone applications are being used. Ca'Donà is not only stylistically isolated in comparison to other contemporary palaces like Scamozzi's Palazzo Contarini a San Trovaso, but also due to its location on the Fondamente Nove. The massive palace with a depth of more than 30 meters has a T-type plan with the entrance from the rio dei Crociferi. Other members of the Donà family had their appartments in the mezzanine.
Additional pictures:
Facade on the northern lagoon |  |
Related buildings
Literature
Concina (1995) p. 240, 256, 276
Huse/Wolters (1996) pp. 9,36
Lauritzen/Zielcke (1979) pp. 195-199
Davis, J.C.: Una famiglia veneziana e la conservazione della ricchezza. I Donà dal '500 al '900, Roma 1980
Planiscig, Leo: La collezione dei Conti Donà dalle Rose a Venezia. Venezia 1934
External resources
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Venice architecture - palaces
