Grand Canal Tour, part 4

Continuing from Grand Canal Tour, Part 3. As it meets Rio di Ca' Foscari, the Grand Canal becomes even wider and grander; nearly all of the family names represented on this stretch can be found at least once in the list of doges.

On the Right

Palazzo Balbi, now seat of the President of the Veneto region and of the regional council, was designed by Alessandro Vittoria. In the 18th century it was residence of British Consul Joseph Smith, who commissioned a new facade from Antonio Visentini.

Ca’ Foscari and the adjacent Palazzo Giustiniani were designed in the mid 15th century by Bartolomeo Bon and are both today part of the University of Venice Ca' Foscari. Next door rises the massive Ca’ Rezzonico by Longhena, expanded in the 1740s and now the excellent Museo del Settecento.