Palazzo Albrizzi, Noble palace in San Polo, Venice, Italy.
Palazzo Albrizzi is a late-16th-century palace in the San Polo district of Venice, near the Ponte delle Tette. It has three levels plus a mezzanine and two main facades, one on Campiello Albrizzi and one on the rio, each centred on superimposed serliane at the two noble floors with four stone-framed single windows per floor. Large pairs of chimneys stand at the ends of both facades.
The palace was built for the Bonomo family at the end of the 16th century. In 1648 Maffeo II Albrizzi bought part of it, and in 1692 the whole building passed to his sons Giovan Battista, Antonio, Giuseppe and Alessandro. The Albrizzi, merchants and lawyers originally from Lombardy, were admitted to the Venetian patriciate on 31 May 1667.
Since 1971 the Italo-German Cultural Association (ACIT Venice) has been based in the palace, organising exhibitions, lectures and concerts. During the 58th Venice Biennale the building housed the pavilions of Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Grenada. The Albrizzi family's archive, including deeds for their Tyrolean estates such as Castel d'Enna, is kept here.
Palazzo Albrizzi stands in the San Polo sestiere, near the Ponte delle Tette and a short walk from Campo San Polo and Sant'Aponal. Its two main facades face the Campiello Albrizzi and the Rio di San Cassiano. Since 1971 the Italo-German Cultural Association (ACIT Venice) has run the building, so access depends on its cultural programme rather than fixed visiting hours.
The Albrizzi family came from Lombardy and served Venice as merchants and lawyers; during the Turkish wars they placed their fleet at the Republic's disposal. On 31 May 1667 they were admitted to the Venetian patriciate and the Maggior Consiglio, to which they later gave eight senators and two Procurators of San Marco.
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