Ca' Rezzonico
On Gingerguide's self-guided Venice audio tour, Ca' Rezzonico is a stop worth about ~90 min. Stand in front of it, press play for a short narrated story, and put any follow-up question to the built-in AI guide.
- Type palace
- Suggested visit ~90 min
- Venice Venice guide
About Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico is a magnificent Baroque palace on the Grand Canal now housing the Museo del Settecento Veneziano, the Museum of 18th-Century Venice, with Tiepolo frescoed ceilings, period furniture, and paintings that bring the glittering last century of the Venetian Republic to life.
Ca' Rezzonico is one of the grandest palaces on the Grand Canal, a vast Baroque building begun by Baldassare Longhena in 1649 and completed by Giorgio Massari in 1758, over a century of construction. The palace is named after the Rezzonico family, who purchased the unfinished building in 1751 and used the completion to celebrate the election of one of their members, Carlo Rezzonico, as Pope Clement XIII in 1758.
The palace is now the Museo del Settecento Veneziano, the Museum of 18th-Century Venice, one of the finest period museums in Italy. The rooms are furnished and decorated as they would have been in the final, glittering century of the Venetian Republic, with Tiepolo frescoed ceilings, lacquered furniture, pastoral scenes, and the peculiar mixture of grandeur and melancholy that characterises the Settecento.
The British poet Robert Browning died here in 1889, in the rooms of the piano nobile, in the apartment of his son Pen. His death in Venice was considered entirely appropriate by the admirers of his work, Venice was a city perfectly suited to the romantic imagination.
Did you know? Ca' Rezzonico took over 100 years to build, begun by Longhena in 1649 and not completed until 1758. When the Rezzonico family finally completed it, they used the occasion to celebrate the election of their member Carlo Rezzonico as Pope Clement XIII.
How much time do you need at Ca' Rezzonico?
Around ~90 min works well for Ca' Rezzonico — time to look properly and listen to its story on the spot. Linger if you like; nothing on a self-guided walk is on a clock.
Should you stop at Ca' Rezzonico?
Yes — Ca' Rezzonico made the cut as one of 42 places the Gingerguide team researched and narrated across Venice. The story tells you why it is worth the stop, and the AI guide fills in anything you still wonder.
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