Palazzo Dolfin Manin, Renaissance palace on Grand Canal near Rialto Bridge, Italy.
Palazzo Dolfin Manin is a Renaissance palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, close to the Rialto Bridge, with a facade of white Istrian stone and six ground-floor arcades. Ionic and Corinthian columns support the lower level, while the upper floors feature central quadruple mullioned windows typical of the Renaissance style.
The palace was built in 1536 for the Dolfin family and stands as one of the major Renaissance buildings on the Grand Canal. It later became the home of Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice, who signed the city's surrender to Napoleon in 1797.
Inside the palace hang paintings by Giambattista Tiepolo made to mark the marriage of Ludovico Manin and Elisabetta Grimani. They show how wealthy Venetian families used art as a way to celebrate and record important family events.
The building now houses the Venice branch of Banca d'Italia and is not open to the public. It sits close to the Rialto water bus stop, which is served by the main lines running along the Grand Canal.
The palace was created by merging two separate medieval buildings that architect Jacopo Sansovino combined into one structure. This approach shows how Renaissance designers worked around the tight urban fabric already in place along the canal.
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