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Palazzo Donà

The 17th-century façade of Palazzo Donà dalle Rose on the Fondamente Nuove, in the Cannaregio district
The 17th-century façade of Palazzo Donà dalle Rose on the Fondamente Nuove, in the Cannaregio district Photo: Oursana, Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

On the Fondamente Nuove, the long northern waterfront open onto the lagoon, stands out the severe façade of Palazzo Donà dalle Rose: smooth Istrian-stone rustication, pointed-arch doorway, and behind the threshold an unexpected treasure — two colossal fanò, the gilded wooden stern lanterns that tradition holds came from the Donà galley at Lepanto.

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