Palazzo Fontana Rezzonico, Palace in Cannaregio, Venice, Italy

Palazzo Fontana Rezzonico is a palace in Cannaregio that stands on the Grand Canal between Rio di San Felice and Palazzo Miani Coletti Giusti, distinguished by its red coloring. The asymmetrical facade with multiple floors and decorative elements displays the typical design of Venetian noble residences from the 17th century.

The Fontana family, merchants from the Piacenza area who settled in Venice in the mid-16th century, bought and demolished an earlier building on this site in the early 17th century to erect the palace. In the late 1600s it was rented to the Rezzonico family, and Carlo Rezzonico, the future Pope Clement XIII, was born here in 1693. After the fall of the Venetian Republic the Fontana sold it to the banker Johann Conrad Reck; it later passed to the Levi and then the Sullam families.

The Fontana family, merchants from the Piacenza area who settled in Venice around the mid-16th century, built the palace in the early 17th century after demolishing an earlier structure on the site. The Rezzonico rented it at the end of the 17th century while Ca' Rezzonico was under construction, and Carlo Rezzonico, the future Pope Clement XIII, was born here in 1693.

The building sits on the Grand Canal and can be reached on foot through the Cannaregio district or by water taxi. Visitors should note that being close to the water means the best exterior view comes from the canal side.

After Venice's decline as a trading power, the palace changed hands multiple times and was inhabited by the Levi family and later the Sullam family. This reflects how Venetian society transformed over the centuries.