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Ca' Rezzonico

Address: Fondamenta Rezzonico, Dorsoduro 3136, Venice, 30123
Phone: 041/2410100

Category: Museums/Galleries, Castles/Palaces
Location: Dorsoduro

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Fodor's Review:

Designed by Baldassare Longhena in the 17th century, this palace was completed nearly 100 years later by Giorgio Massari and became the last home of English poet Robert Browning (1812-89). Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton danced in the baroque ballroom in the 1960s. Today Ca' Rezzonico is the home of the Museo del Settecento (Museum of Venice in the 1700s). Its main floor is packed with period furniture and tapestries in gilded salons (note the four Tiepolo ceiling frescoes) and successfully retains the feel of an old Venetian palazzo. Upper floors contain hundreds of paintings, most from Venetian schools of artists. There's even a restored apothecary, complete with powders and potions.

Cost: EUR 6.50, Musei Civici museum pass EUR 18
Open: Apr.-Oct., Wed.-Mon. 10-6; Nov.-Mar., Wed.-Mon. 10-5. Last entry 1 hr before closing
Vaporetto: Ca' Rezzonico

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