Palazzo Contarini Fasan
Palazzo Contarini Fasan is a small Gothic palace in Venice, Italy, located in the San Marco district and overlooking the Grand Canal. The palazzo is also called the House of Desdemona. Palazzo Venier Contarini is on the right side.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: building in Venice, Italy
- Also known as: “Palazzo Contarini-Fasan.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Fenice and Santa Maria della Salute.
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 210 metres north of Palazzo Contarini Fasan.
Santa Maria della Salute
Church
Photo: Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known simply as La Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at the Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy. Santa Maria della Salute is situated 150 metres south of Palazzo Contarini Fasan.
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 430 metres northeast of Palazzo Contarini Fasan.
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
Dorsoduro
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
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 Contarini Fasan
- Category: palace
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.43186° or 45° 25′ 55″ northLongitude
12.33423° or 12° 20′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8FQJC8JM+PMOpenStreetMap ID
way 177809460OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
12689556Wikidata ID
Q3889925
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Palazzo Contarini Fasan” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պալացցո Կոնտարինի Ֆազան”
- Catalan: “Palau Contarini Fasan”
- Chinese: “孔塔里尼法桑宮”
- Dutch: “Palazzo Contarini Fasan”
- French: “palais Contarini Fasan”
- French: “Palais Contarini Fasan”
- French: “Palazzo di Desdemona”
- German: “Palazzo Contarini Fasan”
- Italian: “Casa di Desdemona” (historical)
- Italian: “Palazzo Contarini Fasan”
- Romanian: “Palatul Contarini Fasan”
- Russian: “Палаццо Контарини-Фазан”
- Spanish: “Palacio Contarini Fasan”
- Tagalog: “Palazzo Contarini Fasan”
- Ukrainian: “Палаццо Контаріні Фазан”
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