Everything about The Fondaco Dei Tedeschi totally explained
The
Fondaco dei Tedeschi (
Venetian:
Fontego dei Tedeschi) was the headquarters and restricted living quarters of the German merchant population in
Venice, situated on the
Grand Canal near the
Rialto Bridge.
History
First constructed in
1228, the building was rebuilt between
1505 and
1508, after its destruction in a fire. Its outer facade was painted by
Titian and
Giorgione, but their work hasn't survived the Venetian climate (fragments survive in museum collections). Its architecture is typical of the
cinquecento (Italian
Renaissance) style, but the basic concept (and the word
fondaco) is derived from a type of building in Arab countries.
Like the
Fondaco dei Turchi, the Fondaco dei Tedeschi was a
palazzo, warehouse, and
restricted living quarters for its population, in this case mainly Germanic merchants from cities such as
Nuremberg and
Augsburg. The German merchants arrived shortly after the building was originally constructed in the thirteen century and stayed until the Napoleonic occupation.
Today, the building is the Venice headquarters of the
Poste Italiane. As at 2007 it was for sale.
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