Palazzo Grassi

It is one of the last palaces erected before the fall of the Venetian Republic, as per the majority of the Venetian palaces it takes its name...

 

...from the owner family name, the Grassi family, which commissioned the building in 1748 to architect Giorgio Massari, he ended the opera in 1772.
From the 1840 (that year the last heirs of Grassi family sold the palace) until today the palace

Had many owners and as well several restorations by “ Sovùcietà Veneta di Spirione Papadopuli, The Greek Baron Simone di Sina, the Swiss  businessman Giovanni Stucky and the Venetian Vittorio Cini. In 1983 it was acquired by Fiat and lately in 2005 the actual owner becomes the French Francois Pinault.

Since the 80’ s the Palace is one of the most important exhibitions centre in Europe and it still host successful exibithions.