- Read offline
- Remove ads
- Access all content
- Use the in-app Map to find sites, and add custom locations (your hotel...)
- Build a list of your own favourites
- Search the contents with full-text search functionality
- ... and more!
Palazzetto Bru Zane
One of Venice's oldest and newest concert venues
In 1695-97, the Zane famiy decided to erect a little casino at the end of the formal gardens of the Palazzo Zane (now the Scuola Livio Sanudo) to house their library and host concerts and other entertainments.
The building was designed by the head of the Longhena workshop, Antonio Gaspari; after he died, work was continued by his assistant, Domenico Rossi.
As money was no object, Rossi employed some of the most talented decorators of the day to adorn the interior: Abbondio Stazio made the elaborate stucco work; the workshop of Andrea Brustolon carved the woodwork; Sebastiano Ricci painted the frescoes, notably the Hercules with Fame and Virtue on the ceiling of the music salon, reached by way of a grand stair.
Image by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Creative Commons