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Palazzo Bernardo a San Polo

Coordinates: 45°26′11″N 12°19′51″E / 45.4364°N 12.3309°E / 45.4364; 12.3309
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The Palazzo Bernardo a San Polo, also known as the Giustinian Bernardo is a Gothic-style palace located between Palazzo Querini Dubois and across the Rio del la Madoneta, Casa Sicher, on the Grand Canal in the sestiere of San Polo of Venice, Italy.

History

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It was built in the 14th century for the Bernardo family, a patrician family from Treviso, but putatively originally from Rome.[1] A separate Palazzo Bernardo, near the Ponte Bernardo but also in San Polo, was acquired in the 16th century by the Celsi family.[2] At this palace were housed Francesco Sforza and his wife, Bianca Visconti, during a grand state visit to Venice in May 1442. In 1532, the palace lodged Lorenzo Strozzi, who then hosted a Medici Cardinal in a feast. The palace was in the hands of the Bernardo till 1868.[3]

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45°26′11″N 12°19′51″E / 45.4364°N 12.3309°E / 45.4364; 12.3309