Palazzo Bernardo a San Polo
The Palazzo Bernardo a San Polo, also known as the Giustinian Bernardo is a Gothic-style palace located between Palazzo Querini Dubois and across the Rio del la Madoneta, Casa Sicher, on the Grand Canal in the sestiere of San Polo of Venice, Italy.
History
[edit]It was built in the 14th century for the Bernardo family, a patrician family from Treviso, but putatively originally from Rome.[1] A separate Palazzo Bernardo, near the Ponte Bernardo but also in San Polo, was acquired in the 16th century by the Celsi family.[2] At this palace were housed Francesco Sforza and his wife, Bianca Visconti, during a grand state visit to Venice in May 1442. In 1532, the palace lodged Lorenzo Strozzi, who then hosted a Medici Cardinal in a feast. The palace was in the hands of the Bernardo till 1868.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Venice on Foot: With the Itinerary of the Grand Canal by Hugh Douglas, (1907), page 317-318.
- ^ Venezia e le sue lagune, Volume 2, Issue 2, page 55.
- ^ Curiosità veneziane, ovvero Origini delle denominazioni stradali di Venezia; by Giuseppe Tassini, Venice (1872); page 74.