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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Dorsoduro
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Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of Venice, in northern Italy. Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and Isola Sacca Fisola.
Palazzo Pesaro Orfei
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“Palazzo Pesaro Orfei” goes by many names.
- 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”
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