Palazzo Venezia

Location and History

It'is located between Piazza Venezia and via del Plebiscito .
In 1455, Cardinal Pietro Barbo began construction work to make it as his residence. The work continued even after the election the cardinal as pope with the name of Paul II, so the palace, suitably enlarged, became the seat of papal.
During the years of the pontificate of Paul II, the building, which had incorporated in its architectural fabric of the adjacent Basilica of San Marco underwent significant changes with the construction of the building along Via del Plebiscito, that of the Palace of the future Palazzetto Venezia and, inside, the famous Hall of the Globe, probably decorated by Mantegna.
the threshold of the sixteenth century, Cardinal Lorenzo Cibo enlarged it modified it further with the creation of so-called Flat Cibo, who between 1564 and 1797 was home to the Cardinals owners of San Marco. In that same period the building was owned by the Republic of Venice, who used it as the residence of his ambassadors, further altering original structure XV.
Increased efforts were the next two centuries until in 1916 the building was used as as a museum.
After 1929, Mussolini fixed the seat of the Grand Council of Fascism.