Palazzo Dario
Overview
Venice
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, northern Italy
Italy
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, situated on the Grand Canal of Venice
Grand Canal of Venice
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at the mouth of the Rio delle Torreselle in the Dorsoduro
Dorsoduro
Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of Venice, northern Italy.Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and Isola Sacca Fisola...
sestiere
Sestiere
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(quarter) on the Campiello Barbaro. The palace was built in the floral Venetian Gothic
Venetian Gothic architecture
Venetian Gothic is a term given to an architectural style combining use of the Gothic lancet arch with Byzantine and Moorish architecture influences. The style originated in 14th century Venice with the confluence of Byzantine styles from Constantinople, Arab influences from Moorish Spain and early...
style and was renovated with Renaissance features.
The palace was remodelled after 1486 by a follower of Pietro Lombardo
Pietro Lombardo
Pietro Lombardo was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect; born in Carona , he was the father of Tullio Lombardo and Antonio Lombardo....
for Giovanni Dario, Secretary to the Venetian Senate, diplomat, and merchant.