Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo
Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo, also known as Palazzo Contarini Polignac is a large palace in Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district, overlooking the Grand Canal, in an intermediate position between Palazzo Brandolin Rota and Palazzo Balbi Valier.Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Public building
- Description: building in Venice, Italy
- Also known as: “Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo”, “Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo Polignac”, “Palazzo Contarini Polignac”, and “Palazzo Contarini Polignac Decazes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gallerie dell’Accademia and Ponte dell’Accademia.
Gallerie dell’Accademia
Museum
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in Venice, northern Italy. A few weeks every six years, it houses the Leonardo da Vinci drawing The Vitruvian Man.
Ponte dell’Accademia
Bridge
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ponte dell'Accademia is one of only four bridges to span the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It crosses near the southern end of the canal, and is named for the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, which from 1807 to 2004 was housed in the Scuola della Carità together with the Gallerie dell'Accademia, which is still there.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Museum
Photo: Abxbay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is an art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy. It is one of the most visited attractions in Venice. Peggy Guggenheim Collection is situated 180 metres east of Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorsoduro and San Marco.
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.
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.
Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo
- Categories: palace, building, and government building
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.43104° or 45° 25′ 52″ northLongitude
12.3292° or 12° 19′ 45″ eastOpen location code
8FQJC8JH+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 313876764OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=public_buildingOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q3889924
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պալացցո Կոնտարինի Դալ Զաֆֆո”
- Armenian: “Պալացցո Կոնտարինի Դալ Ցաֆֆո”
- Bavarian: “Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo”
- Bavarian: “Palazzo Contarini Polignac”
- Catalan: “Palau Contarini Dal Zaffo”
- Dutch: “Palazzo Contarini Polignac Decazes”
- Dutch: “Palazzo Contarini Polignac”
- French: “Contarini Polignac dal Zaffo poi Manzoni”
- French: “Palais Contarini Dal Zaffo”
- French: “palais Contarini Polignac”
- French: “Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo Manzoni a San Vio”
- French: “Palazzo Contarini del Zaffo Polignac”
- German: “Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo”
- German: “Palazzo Contarini Polignac Decazes”
- German: “Palazzo Contarini Polignac”
- Hungarian: “Palazzo Contarini”
- Italian: “Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo”
- Italian: “Palazzo Contarini Polignac Decazes”
- Russian: “Палаццо Контарини даль Дзаффо (Дорсодуро)”
- Russian: “Палаццо Контарини-даль-Дзаффо”
- Spanish: “Palacio Contarini-Polignac Dal Zaffo”
- Ukrainian: “Палаццо Контаріні-даль-Дзаффо”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palazzo Brandolin Rota and Palazzo Balbi-Valier Sammartini.
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