Palazzo Pesaro Orfei
The Palazzo Pesaro Orfei or Palazzo Pesaro degli Orfei is a historic palace in Venice, in northern Italy. It was built by the Pesaro family in the fifteenth century in Venetian Gothic style.Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Palace
- Description: Palace in Venice
- Also known as: “Palazzo Fortuny” and “Palazzo Pesaro degli Orfei”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Fenice and Rialto Bridge.
La Fenice
Theater building
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Teatro La Fenice is a historic opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. La Fenice is situated 220 metres southeast of Palazzo Pesaro Orfei.
Rialto Bridge
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the sestieri of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city. Rialto Bridge is situated 430 metres northeast of Palazzo Pesaro Orfei.
Piazza San Marco
Square
Photo: Lothar John, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piazza San Marco, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza. Piazza San Marco is situated 510 metres east of Palazzo Pesaro Orfei.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Marco and San Polo.
San Marco
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
San Marco is the central district of Venice. It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.
San Polo
San Polo is one of six sestieri that make up Venice. Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.
Dorsoduro
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
Dorsoduro is one of the six historic sestieri of Venice, Italy, located in the southern part of the city and known for its relatively firm terrain that earned it the name meaning "hard back" or "hard ridge" in Italian, distinguishing it from the more marshy areas of the lagoon.
Palazzo Pesaro Orfei
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Palazzo Pesaro Orfei from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Palazzo Pesaro Orfei” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Palazzo Pesaro Orfei”
- Bashkir: “Фортуни палаццоһы”
- Catalan: “Palau Fortuny”
- French: “Palazzo Fortuny”
- French: “Palazzo Pesaro degli Orfei”
- German: “Palazzo Fortuny”
- Italian: “Palazzo Fortuny”
- Italian: “Palazzo Pesaro degli Orfei”
- Italian: “Palazzo Pesaro Orfei”
- Russian: “Палаццо Фортуни”
- Spanish: “Palacio Fortuny”
- Ukrainian: “Палаццо Пезаро Орфеї”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rialto and Santa Croce.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as San Giorgio and Palazzo Sant‘ Angelo.
Venice: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Murano, Venice Marco Polo Airport, Burano, and Lido.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.