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Venice - Palazzo Querini-Stampalia

 
The attractive palace houses the Querini-Stampalia art gallery and library which were bequeathed to the city, together with the palace, in 1868.

Biblioteca Querini-Stampalia

The library is on the first floor and contains 1,100,000 Venetian volumes and 300 manuscripts.

Pinacoteca Querini-Stampalia

The collection of 14th-18th century Venetian paintings is on the second floor.

Must-see attractions nearby:
St Marks Square
Doges Palace
Colleoni Monument
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
Basilica of St Mark
Academy of Fine Arts
Rialto Bridge
The pictures are still arranged according to the wishes of the founder of the collection Count Giovanni Querini-Stampalia. There are works by Donato Venaziano (Room 2), Sebastiano Bombelli (Room 3), Palma the Younger (Room 4), Andrea Schiavone (Room 5), Pietro Liberi, Matteo dei Pitocchi (Rooms 6-7), Giovanni Bellini, Lorenzo di Credit (Room 8), Palmer the Elder (Room 9), Pietro Longhi (Rooms 11-13), Alesandro Longhi, Giambattista Tiepolo (Room 18), and Bernard Strozzi (Room 19).

Apart from the paintings the Venetian 18th century furniture is of special interest.
Address: Museo Querini Stampalia, Castello 5252, I-30100 Venice, Italy

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