Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Historic villa / palace
Palazzo Zorzi Bon
Palace in Venice
- Within the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Venice and its Lagoon”
At a glance
- Coordinates
- 45°26′12″ N, 12°20′34″ E
History and description
Palazzo Zorzi Bon is a historic palace in Venice located in the Castello district. The building inspired the book The Zorzi Affair by the American writer Sylva Prince.
Architecture
The palace has four levels. Squeezed between Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni, with which it was once communicating, and the Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa, the Palazzo Zorzi Bon boasts a 14th-century Gothic architecture which, although modified by Renaissance interventions, still retains a pentafora on the noble floor, surmounted by a quadrifora on the attic floor. These windows are each flanked by two pairs of monoforas.
All windows of the noble floor have projecting balconies. On the mezzanine below, the window structure is repeated, albeit with small, rectangular windows. On the ground floor, there are two arched portals to the water, shifted from the centre to the left, with a small oval window between them. To the right of the right portal is the third portal to the water, which was bricked up. The entire facade is made of exposed brickwork; the frames of the openings and the balconies are made of Istrian stone.
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Photos
Getting there
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
Nearby
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- Free 1st Sunday
- UNESCO
- UNESCO
- Free 1st Sunday
- UNESCO
Frequently asked questions
Where is Palazzo Zorzi Bon?
Palazzo Zorzi Bon is in Venice, in the province of Venezia (Veneto), Italy. GPS coordinates: 45.43656, 12.34269.
What else is there to see near Palazzo Zorzi Bon?
Nearby you’ll find: Palazzo Zorzi Galeoni (100 m away), Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa (100 m away), Palazzo Malipiero-Trevisan (100 m away).
Sources and licences
Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 7 photos
- Palazzo Zorzi Bon (Venice) — Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Calle de l'arco detta bon venice pal zorzi bon — Abxbay, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pal zorzi bon calle dell arco dett bon — Abxbay, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pal zorzi galeoni and zorzi bon venice — Abxbay, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Calle de l'arco detta bon venice — Abxbay, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Del Ponte del Diavolo a la Libreria Acqua Alta 10 — Álvaro de la Paz Franco, CC0
- Venice 0O3A9771 (10246584193) — amberapparently from Sydney, CC BY 2.0
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences