Palazzo Nani

Palazzo Nani is a Renaissance palace in the Cannaregio district of Venice, Italy.[1][2][3][4]

Palazzo Nani
Palazzo Nani
General information
TypeOffice
Architectural styleRenaissance
AddressCannaregio district
Town or cityVenice
CountryItaly
Coordinates45°26′40″N 12°19′28.4″E
Construction started16th century
Technical details
Floor count3

History

The palazzo was built in the 16th century to be a residence of the Nani family of the "Cannaregio" branch (later Nani Mocenigo). In the 1680s, the palazzo was remodeled according to a design plan by Alessandro Vittoria, who also performed the interior decoration.[5][6]

In its golden years, the palace kept a substantial art collection, consisting of finds from the Roman era. The entrance portal was decorated with two large statues of consuls.

The Nani owned the palazzo until 1810, when they moved to San Trovaso to live in Palazzo Barbarigo Nani Mocenigo. In 1859, the palazzo was occupied by the Austrian army that converted it into barracks, then it was used as a school.[7] The pieces of the art collection were gradually dispersed.

In 2021, following a 22-month renovation led by architect Marco Piva and approved by the Fine Arts Heritage Committee, Palazzo Nani became a five-star Radisson Collection hotel with 52 guest rooms. The restoration preserved some original decorative and architectural elements of the building’s façade and interiors, including historical ornaments, stuccos and paintings on the walls and ceilings.[8]

Architecture

Palazzo Nani's front consists of four levels, including a ground floor and a mezzanine. The façade, today rather unadorned, is asymmetrical due to the massive 19th-century additions that extend the whole building to the right. The window layout is pretty regular and includes quadriforas; those of the noble floors have balconies. On each side of the quadrifora on the first floor there is a stone coats of arms.

The interior decoration is also attributed to Vittoria, with stuccoes and frescoes still well-preserved in the portego of the first floor.

The palace was once accompanied by a garden; that area is today built up.

See also

References
  1. Perl, Henry (1894). "Venezia". Scribner. p. 50. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. Roeck, Bernd (1991). Arte per l' anima, arte per lo Stato.: Un doge del tardo Quattrocento ed i segni delle immagini (in Italian). Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani. p. 5. ISBN 9783799547406. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. Quadri, Antonio (1821). Otto giorni a Venezia (in Italian). F. Andreola. p. 206. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. VV, AA (2011). Italia Nostra 436/2008. Quei giganti contro la natura: Associazione Nazionale per la tutela del Patrimonio Storico, Artistico e Naturale della Nazione (in Italian). Gangemi Editore spa. p. 22. ISBN 9788849265118. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  5. Palazzo Bonfadini-Vivante (in Italian). AMAV. 1995. p. 13. ISBN 9788877431516. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  6. Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1976). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571. American Philosophical Society. p. 21. ISBN 9780871691613. Retrieved 31 July 2019. Palazzo Nani vittoria.
  7. Douglas, Hugh A. (2013). Venice on Foot. Read Books Ltd. ISBN 9781447486091. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  8. "Radisson Collection Hotel, Palazzo Nani Venice". Hospitality Net. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

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