Italy · 16th century
Palazzo Balbi is a palace on the Canal Grande, Venice, northern Italy. It is included in the sestiere (quarter) of Dorsoduro, to the right of Ca' Foscari. Currently it is the seat of the President of the Veneto region and of the regional council.
It was built from 1582, under design by Alessandro Vittoria as the residence of the Venetian patrician family of the Balbi. In the 19th century it was acquired by Michelangelo Guggenheim and later by the Adriatic Electric Society. It became a property of the Veneto region in 1971.
Text adapted from “Palazzo Balbi, Venice” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palazzo Balbi ranks #2,936 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #229 of the 555 mapped in Italy. Founded 1582, it is older than 33% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,192 times in the last 60 days, more than 55% of the atlas. 41 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Venice, 1 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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