Palazzo and Staircase Contarini del Bovolo - Venice - Italy Canvas Print

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Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List - Italy - Venice and its Lagoon 1987


The spiral staircase most impressive and valuable in Venice

Throughout its long existence spanning five centuries of Venetian history, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo underwent many transformations due to its several different owners.Despite not affording any views of the Canal Grande, the Palazzo’s position is nonetheless a privileged one, the building being equidistant from Rialto – the economic centre of Venice –, and from Saint Mark, the political heart of the Republic.During the late fifteenth century, important overall renovation works updated the complex architectures to meet the modern Renaissance taste with the construction of the loggia and of the graceful spiral staircase known as “bovolo” (venetian word that means “snail”). These major structural modifications were commissioned by Pietro Contarini who became the owner of the palazzo in 1489 and apparently entru...

Hi buddies.I'm Paolo from Italy,love to take photographs and experiment new techniques.When I play with my camera I'm like a kid in a candy shop. Copyright © Paolo Signorini. All rights reserved. All images are protected by copyright law and may not be copied or reproduced without permission from the artist.