Ca' D' Oro
Ca’ d’Oro—known in Italian as *Ca' d'Oro*—means “House of Gold,” a name drawn from gilt and polychrome decoration that once covered its façade along the Grand Canal. The palace is often treated as the best-surviving example of Venetian Gothic architecture, keeping its core Gothic formula even after some losses. The building was commissioned for Marino Contarini, a noble Venetian whose family produced eight Doges between 1043 and 1676, and it was set near the Rialto Bridge on the left bank of the Grand Canal, Venice’s principal thoroughfare. Work proceeded between 1421 and 1437 on foundations inherited through Contarini’s marriage to Soradamore Zeno. Later, the palace was restored by Baron Giorgio Franchetti, and in 1927 it was converted into a museum—since then known as the *Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro*. …
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