Casino Bru Zane
For a hundred years, the Casino Zane, built between 1695 and 1697 at San Polo near the Basilica dei Frari, housed the entertainments of the Zane family, who resided in the adjacent Palazzo Zane. As an engraving by Carlevarijs shows, the main palace (now a training school, the Istituto “Livio Sanudo”) was separated from the Palazzetto by a formal garden. The building next to the Palazzetto was originally a library, which no longer exists
The building next to the Palazzetto was originally a library, which no longer exists.
The palace is listed on the National Register of Historic Monuments. After consultations in 2006, restoration work was begun in 2007, the aims of the Bru Foundation being to restore the building in its original spirit and to create a venue for music.
Palazzetto Bru Zane
The building, with an overall area of 800 square metres, is on three levels. Its windows look out over a canal on one side and over the garden on the other. The ground plan is traditional Venetian. The 16 rooms include a concert hall with a seating capacity of up to a hundred. When restoration is complete, there will also be a soundproofed rehearsal studio. A lift for persons with reduced mobility will also be provided. On the first floor – the piano nobile – is the glory of the house: a double-height salon (the music room of the Zane family) with a magnificent coved ceiling on which the viewer can admire a huge painting showing Hercules with Fame and Virtue in the centre, and Olympian gods depicted in grisaille in the four corners. There are also painted shells on the ceiling, which is very unusual in Venice. The room is reached via the grand staircase, which is decorated with splendid frescoes. The Palazzetto Bru Zane is in a calm part of Venice, easily accessible to visitors (a seven-minute walk from Piazzale Roma).
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Casino Zane Restoring a Venetian palazzetto. PNicole Bru, who is a great lover of Venice, was delighted to discover in 2006, away from the tourist track, the discreetly charming Casino Zane.She bought this seventeenth-century palazzetto with the ambitious aim of restoring it to its former glory and returning it to its original purpose as a place devoted to music. A wonderful little gem of Venetian architecture from the end of the seventeenth century, the Palazzetto Bru Zane is open to public every Thursday afternoon with guided visits, which are free of charge.Frescoes by Sebastiano Ricci and stuccowork by Abbondio Stazio can be seen in the Casino Zane.Guided tours are conducted at the following times:2.30 p.m. In Italian3.00 p.m. In French3.30 p.m.
Palazzetto Bru Zane For a hundred years, the Casino Zane, built between 1695 and 1697 at San Polo near the Basilica dei Frari, housed the entertainments of the Zane family, who resided in the adjacent Palazzo Zane. Ⓒ Calicot Productions For a hundred years, the Casino Zane, built between 1695 and 1697 in the San Stin district not far from the Basilica dei Frari, housed.
- Tel: +39 041 52 11 005
Fax: + 39 041 52 42 049
e-mail: tickets@bru-zane.com - contact@bru-zane.com - Booking and Buying
At the book office The box office at the Palazzetto Bru Zane is open from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Tickets will also be on sale at the venue from one hour before the performance is due to begin.
By phone Palazzetto Bru Zane: + 39 0415211005
Call Center Vivaticket: from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday fro, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
From Italy: 892 234
From other countries: +39 041 27 19 035
Online
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Nicole Bru, who is a great lover of Venice, was delighted to discover in 2006, away from the tourist track, the discreetly charming Casino Zane. She bought this seventeenth-century palazzetto with the ambitious aim of restoring it to its former glory and returning it to its original purpose as a place devoted to music.