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The Palazzo Pisani Gritti is a Venetian Gothic palazzo located on the north side of the Grand Canal, opposite the Church of the Salute, between the Campo del Traghetto and the Rio de l'Alboro , in the Sestieri of San Marco, Venice, Italy. It was the residence of Doge Andrea Gritti in the 16th century. It is now the Gritti Palace Hotel.
Palazzo Gritti (also Palazzo Gritti Dandolo) is a palace in Venice, Italy, located in the Cannaregio district and overlooking the Grand Canal between Palazzo Memmo Martinengo Mandelli and Palazzo Correr Contarini Zorzi. [1] [2] [3] The Gritti Palace or Gritti Dandolo, built in the Cannaregio sestiere on the right bank of the Canal Grande.
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", [2] [3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.
The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts Celebrates the Grand Opening of the Legendary Gritti Palace after a $55 Million Restoration The Gritti Palace Unveils a Refined Version of Its Iconic Self ...
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Many palaces in Venice were owned by the Pisani family, including: Palazzo Pisani a San Stefano - massive palace in the campo near the Ponte dell'Accademia, housing a conservatory. Palazzo Pisani Gritti, in the San Marco district and facing the Grand Canal; now the Gritti Palace Hotel
The new palace was built out of fortresses, one façade to the Piazzetta, the other overlooking the St. Mark's Basin. Although only few traces remain of that palace, some Byzantine-Venetian architecture characteristics can still be seen at the ground floor, with the wall base in Istrian stone and some herring-bone pattern brick paving.
The palaces in Venice are the following: Royal Palace (Venice) Ca' da Mosto; Ca' d'Oro; Ca' Farsetti; Ca' Loredan; Ca' Pesaro; Ca' Rezzonico; Ca' Vendramin Calergi; Ca' Zenobio degli Armeni; Palazzo Adoldo; Palazzo Ariani; Palazzo Barbarigo; Palazzo Barbarigo Nani Mocenigo; Palazzi Barbaro; Palazzo Barbaro Wolkoff; Palazzo Bernardo Nani ...