| LC control no. | sh2017004151 |
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| Corporate name heading | Fondaco dei Turchi (Venice, Italy) |
| Variant(s) | Fontego dei Turchi (Venice, Italy) Palazzo Pesaro (Venice, Italy) Pesaro Palace (Venice, Italy) Turchi, Fondaco dei (Venice, Italy) Türk Hanı (Venice, Italy) Turks' Inn (Venice, Italy) |
| See also | Commercial buildings--Italy Dwellings--Italy Museum buildings--Italy |
| Found in | Work cat.: 2017418347: Spolia e imitazioni a Venezia nell'Ottocento, 2016: p. vii (Fondaco dei Turchi, now, the Museo di scienze naturali) p. 49, etc. (building located on the Grand Canal in Venice, constructed in the 13th century as a private residence and from 1621-1838 home to the Turkish mercantile community; sold in 1838 to Antonio Busetto, who transformed the interior into a tobacco facility and subsequently ceded the ruined building to the Austrians [then rulers of Venice]; following a lengthy restoration, the building reopened in the late 19th century as a civic museum housing the Correr collection) fig. 9, caption (Museo civico, palazzo Pesaro [known as] "Fondaco dei Turchi") Fondazione musei civici Venezia (MUVE) website, viewed Aug. 14, 2017: English (The Natural History Museum is housed in the Fontego dei Turchi, built as a palazzo for the Pesaro family in the 13th century; after changing hands several times, it became the fontego for Turkish merchants in the city--the place where they were expected to live and do their business. It was used for this purpose right up until 1838, and then from 1865 onwards underwent extensive restoration work. Thereafter it housed the Museo Correr and from 1923, the Natural History Museum) Michelin Green guide. Italy, 2016, via Google books, viewed Aug. 14, 2017 (Fondaco dei Turchi: Dating from the 13C, this former warehouse for Turkish merchants is among the city's oldest Veneto-Byzantine buildings ... Nowadays the home to Venice's Natural History Museum) Wikipedia, viewed Aug. 18, 2017 (Fondaco dei Turchi (Venetian: Fontego dei Turchi, Turkish: Türk Hanı) is a Veneto-Byzantine style palazzo, later on named as the Turks' Inn, on the Grand Canal of Venice) |
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