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Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo (Polignac)

Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo Polignac on the Grand Canal, clad in polychrome marble
Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo Polignac on the Grand Canal, clad in polychrome marble Photo: Wolfgang Moroder, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Between the Accademia Bridge and Palazzo Barbarigo, this facade entirely clad in polychrome marble is one of the first Renaissance buildings in Venice: late 15th century, the architect uncertain between Giovanni Buora, Mauro Codussi and Pietro Lombardo, with discs of coloured marble that recall Byzantium.

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