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The Ca’ Rezzonico is itself a fine specimen of the 18th-century Venetian art for which it is now a museum.
It was built not only to ward off pirate raids but also to prove Venetian might to the Cretan fighters in the mountains behind.
The entrance to the important Piazza del Santo south of the city center is guarded by Donatello’s grand statue of Gattamelata, the 15th-century Venetian condottiere Erasmo da Narni, perfect ideal of a Renaissance hero, whose “honeyed cat” nickname still mystifies historians.
Continuing along 25 August Street leads to the waterfront and the majestic sight of the Venetian fortress (Koúles), built to protect the old harbor.
First stop, off a side road to Fusina, is Palladio’s La Malcontenta (1571), to which a too-flighty Venetian countess was sent to pine, malcontentedly, in exquisite isolation on the canal.
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