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Palazzo Mocenigo Review
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Palazzo Mocenigo
- Address: Salizzada San Stae, Santa Croce 1992, Venice
- Phone: 041/721798
- Category: Castles/Palaces
- Location: Santa Croce
Fodor's Review:
So well preserved it looks like a movie set, this palazzo gives a sense of how wealthy families lived in the last years of the republic. Bequeathed to the city in 1945 by the last surviving Mocenigo heir, the home is richly decorated with polished floors, fabric-covered walls, and glass chandeliers from Murano. The portego (entry hall), typical of Venetian palazzos, occupies about one-third of the total floor space; once used for receptions and balls, it now occasionally hosts classical concerts. Sparsely furnished, it's lined with portraits of the seven Mocenigo family doges and other notables. Doors on both sides of the portego open onto bedrooms and salons, where visitors were received with a cup of hot chocolate in the early morning hours after nights typically spent at parties or seated at gambling tables. Furniture and paintings are all original and constitute a permanent exhibit. The mannequins' clothing, lace, fabrics, and accessories on display come from the Center for the History of Textiles and Costumes (housed in a wing of the palace) which organizes 15th- to 18th-century thematic exhibits.
- Cost: EUR 4; EUR 8 Museums of 18th-Century Culture pass; EUR 15.50 Musei Civici pass
- Open: Daily 10-4
- Metro: San Stae
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