Fondazione dell’Albero d’Oro
Palazzo Vendramin Grimani
San Polo, 2033
30125, Venice
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Book presentation
Friday, June 13, 6:30 PM
Fondazione dell’Albero d’Oro, Palazzo Vendramin Grimani
Free event, reservation required.
Moderated by Stefano Salis, Director of the Domenica supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore, the event will feature the two authors Massimo Favilla and Ruggero Rugolo, who will share the long research begun in 2020 to reconstruct the history of Palazzo Vendramin Grimani and the noble families who lived there, whose vicissitudes are inextricably intertwined with those of the building.
From a narrative spanning over five centuries, only scattered fragments survive today—pieces of a varied Venetian mosaic that the authors have partly recovered, reassembling a design certainly incomplete, but finally readable. This is not a simple story, but the chronicle of a historical sedimentation, the result of changing tastes through the ages. A slow decantation that transformed the architectural shell of the palace into a precious treasure chest, filled with memories, art, and lived experiences, from the 16th to the 20th century.
Starting from the origin of the nickname “dall’Albero d’Oro,” the book retraces the vicissitudes of a noble and ancient lineage, from the Vendramin to the Marcello Grimani Giustinian, offering the reader an immersion into the daily, social, and cultural life of Venice of the past.