Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, Gothic palace in Cannaregio, Venice, Italy.

Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel stands at the corner where the Rio de la Panada meets the Rio de Ca' Widmann. Its late Gothic layout has two inner courtyards with external staircases and two noble floors with quadriforas on balconies. The L-shaped porteghi, passing halls, open onto both rii at the corner. The wooden entrance door on Fondamenta de le Erbe keeps its lunette and the Van Axel coat of arms.

Construction began in 1473 for the Soranzo family using materials from an earlier Byzantine building. The Van Axel family acquired the palace in 1652 and established its current name.

The palace serves as an exhibition venue during Venice Biennale events, displaying contemporary art within its grand halls. The high-ceilinged rooms with their arcades create a special relationship between the architecture and the artworks shown.

The palace stands at the corner where the Rio de la Panada meets the Rio de Ca' Widmann, in the Cannaregio district. Its entrance door, in original wood with the Van Axel coat of arms, opens onto the Fondamenta de le Erbe. The building is a private property and has undergone exterior renovation in recent years.

The southern end of the palace is closed by a section only a few metres wide, built after the rest of the building. It stands over a strip of land that the court of the Serenissima originally imposed as a detachment in a property dispute with the adjoining convent of nuns.