Palazzo Venezia

Palazzo Venezia—“Venice Palace,” or Palazzo Barbo—has always been tied to Rome’s Venetian connections. The palace you see today is a Renaissance rebuild: the earlier complex was demolished in 1910 and later reconstructed, and the property now belongs to the Italian Republic, housing the National Museum of the Palazzo Venezia. In its best-known early Renaissance moment, Cardinal Pietro Barbo (1417–1471) remade the palace during the 1450s. As Pope Paul II, beginning his rule in 1464, he lived here and gathered a famed collection of art and antiquities. The scale is startling: the main eastern facade is 77 metres long and rises about 31 metres high (not counting the tower), while the north wing stretches 122 metres. Spreading across 1.2 hectares, the complex encloses two gardens and the Basilica of Saint Mark. …

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