Palazzo Belloni Battagia, Baroque palace in Grand Canal, Venice, Italy.
Palazzo Belloni Battagia is a Baroque palace on the Grand Canal with an ornately decorated stone facade. The decorations follow geometrical patterns and display architectural elements from the 1600s.
Built in the mid-17th century on the remains of an earlier Gothic structure for the Belloni family, who owned rural estates near Valenza. No document proves Baldassare Longhena's design, attributed only by its architectural forms. Funds ran short and work finished in 1663; the palace later passed to the Battaglia family, then in 1804 to merchant Antonio Capovilla, who heavily remodelled it.
The palace served as a home for a wealthy Venetian family and reflects the power that merchant families held in the city.
You can view the facade of the building from the Grand Canal by taking a water bus or gondola. The nearest vaporetto stop is San Stae.
The two obelisk-shaped pinnacles on the roof are a feature found on only a few Venetian palaces, among them Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, also attributed to Longhena, and Palazzo Papadopoli. From the calle on the right side, beneath the outline of the second-floor chimney, you can make out the projection formed by the palace's private chapel.
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