Description of the attraction
Palazzo Malipiero is a palace in Venice, located on the banks of the Grand Canal in the center of Campo San Samuele square. It stands directly opposite the Palazzo Grassi exhibition center. The Italian-style garden adjacent to the palace, which offers a wonderful view of the Grand Canal, makes the palace special among other buildings in Venice. The Palazzo was originally built in the Byzantine style, but has undergone a number of significant changes over the past centuries.
The Ca 'Grande - Large House - was built at the beginning of the 11th century for the Soranzo family, who in the same period founded the Church of San Samuele, facing the facade of the palace. In the 13th century, a third floor was added to the building, and at the very beginning of the 15th century, the Cappello family, one of the most influential in Venice, became the owners of the Palazzo. It used the palace as a warehouse. One hundred years later, Cappello expanded the building and rebuilt its facade overlooking the Grand Canal, giving it its current appearance. Around 1590, the Palazzo became the property of the Malipiero family, who continued the reconstruction of the palace. But in the first half of the 19th century, with the beginning of the decline of Venice, the palace shared the fate of other aristocratic buildings of the city - it began to pass from hand to hand, which only contributed to its gradual destruction. Only in 1951, the next owners of the Palazzo, the Barnabo family, carried out restoration work in it, returning it to its former splendor.
Like most other palaces in Venice, Palazzo Malipiero consists of two floors, each with its own, separate, vestibule, staircase and door to the canal. An antique Byzantine door leads to the second drunken nobile, a huge 17th century lobby that leads to the wonderful first drunken nobile and an old medieval courtyard. From the original building of the 11th century, square windows with round arches, visible from the side of San Samuele, have survived to this day.
The garden of Palazzo Malipiero deserves special attention, created at the end of the 18th century, when the vast palace gardens, located on the outskirts of the city, had already begun to disappear. From the side of the Grand Canal, it can be seen that the garden is divided into two symmetrical parts, with a fountain in the center. The garden also has a huge well with the family coat of arms and sculptural images of the bride and groom - Caterino Malipiero and Elisabetta Cappello. At the end of the 19th century, several new sculptures appeared on the territory of the garden, which adorned its landscape. A richly colored hedge with neat tree pruning adds to the charm of the garden.
