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Palazzo Ca’Tron can be found in the Santa Croce district, Venice, overlooking the Grand Canal. It was built in the second half of the XVI century on a project by an anonymous designer from the Sansovino school. The Tron family had it built as their own residence.
Several changes of ownership and management took place between the XIX and the XX century, while the property was badly neglected. Since 1972, it has been owned by the IUAV University of Venice, and home to the historic Faculty of Territory Planning.

THE PALACE

The U-shaped building has a ground floor, a mezzanine and two noble floors. The facade is asymmetrical, with a shorter left side; the portal and the central openings of the noble floors stand to the left of the main axis. The small rear facade of Ca’ Tron overlooks the garden.

THE GARDEN

A wrought-iron gate surmounted by a mask takes visitors straight to the garden through the alternate entrance of Ca’Tron. Although it has undergone several changes aimed at a more romantic appearance, the garden still retains the typical Venetian style features: namely, a paved courtyard with a Gothic well in the centre, and a raised garden. Among the plants, visitors can find Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata), several oaks and cheesewood, as well as laurels (Laurus nobilis), and palms.

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