Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi

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Mauro Codussi, who helped introduce the Renaissance style into Venice, designed the Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi at the end of the 15th century. Codussi died in 1504 and the palace was completed a few years later by the Lombardi workshop. 

The façade exemplifies the typical Venetian practise of dividing the windows into groups, one at either end and three in the middle. The piano nobile, on the first floor, is emphasised by the addition of a balcony. There is a prominent inscription on the base of the palace: NON NOBIS - DOMINE - NON NOBIS. The words form part of the motto of the Knights Templar: Non Nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini Tua da Gloriam. (Not to us Lord, not to us, but to the glory of your name). 

The German composer Richard Wagner died in the Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi on February 13th, 1883. There is plaque in his honour on the garden wall to the left of the palace (facing the Grand Canal).

​The inscription was penned by Gabriele D'Annunzio: "In questo palagio, l'ultimo spiro di Riccardo Wagner, odono le anime, perpetuarsi come la marea, che lambe i marmi" (In this palace, the last breath of Richard Wagner, heard by the spirits, perpetuating itself like the tide, which brushes the marble). There is another plaque to the composer next to the land entrance to the palazzo. 

The Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi is now home to Venice's Casino. ​

Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi

Plaque to Richard Wagner