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Ca’ Foscari

Ca' Foscari, the palace of the Foscari family, is a Gothic building on the waterfront of the in the sestiere of , Italy. It was built for the doge Francesco Foscari in 1453, and designed by the architect Bartolomeo Bon.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: palace in Venice
  • Also known as: “Ca‘ Foscari”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palazzo Grassi and Gallerie dell’Accademia.

Museum
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is a building in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal of Venice, between the Palazzo Moro Lin and the campo . is situated 140 metres southeast of Ca’ Foscari.

Museum
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The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in , northern Italy. A few weeks every six years, it houses the Leonardo da Vinci drawing The Vitruvian Man. is situated 370 metres south of Ca’ Foscari.

Museum
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The is a building in , northern . It is noted for its collection of paintings by Tintoretto and generally agreed to include some of his finest work. is situated 240 metres northwest of Ca’ Foscari.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorsoduro and San Polo.

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is one of the six sestieri of , in northern Italy. includes the highest land areas of the city and also island and Isola Sacca Fisola.

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is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

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is one of the six sestieri of , occupying the northwest part of the main islands. The district includes the Piazzale Roma, home to Venice's bus station and car parks, and around which is the only area of the city in which cars can travel.

Ca’ Foscari

Latitude
45.43455° or 45° 26′ 4″ north
Longitude
12.32656° or 12° 19′ 36″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8MG+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 138843741
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7910498
Wiki­data ID
Q957551
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ca’ Foscari” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كا فوسكاري”
  • Armenian: “Կա’ Ֆոսկարի”
  • Catalan: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Catalan: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Cebuano: “Universita Ca’Foscari di Venezia”
  • Chinese: “佛斯卡利大學”
  • Chinese: “福斯卡里宫”
  • Croatian: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Croatian: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Dutch: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Finnish: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Finnish: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • French: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • French: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Georgian: “კა‘ ფოსკარი”
  • Georgian: “კა’ ფოსკარი”
  • German: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • German: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • German: “Palazzo Foscari”
  • German: “Palast Foscari” (historical)
  • Greek: “Κα‘ Φόσκαρι”
  • Greek: “Κα’ Φόσκαρι”
  • Hebrew: “פאלאצו פוסקארי”
  • Hebrew: “קא‘ פוסקארי”
  • Hungarian: “Palazzo Foscari”
  • Italian: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Italian: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Japanese: “Ca foscari palazzo”
  • Japanese: “Ca foscari”
  • Japanese: “カ・フォスカリ”
  • Japanese: “パラッツォ・フォスカリ”
  • Korean: “카 포스카리”
  • Polish: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Polish: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Portuguese: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Portuguese: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Romanian: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Romanian: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Russian: “Ка-Фоскари”
  • Russian: “Ка‘ Фоскари”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Slovenian: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Slovenian: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Spanish: “Ca‘ Foscari”
  • Spanish: “Ca’ Foscari”
  • Turkish: “Palazzo Foscari”
  • Ukrainian: “Ка-Фоскарі”
  • Ukrainian: “Ка‘ Фоскарі”

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