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Palazzo Benzon-Foscolo (Serego-Alighieri)

Palazzo Benzon Foscolo on the Grand Canal, between Palazzo Barbaro and Palazzetto Pisani
Palazzo Benzon Foscolo on the Grand Canal, between Palazzo Barbaro and Palazzetto Pisani Photo: Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Wedged between the famous Palazzo Barbaro and the tiny Palazzetto Pisani, this 17th-century palazzo on the Grand Canal bears a double literary surname: Benzon, an old Venetian patrician family, and Foscolo, who found hospitality and inspiration in the Benzon home.

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