{"id":14076,"date":"2015-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freeareaguide.com\/italy\/blog\/palazzo-contarini-del-bovolo\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T20:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:46:55","slug":"palazzo-contarini-del-bovolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/blog\/palazzo-contarini-del-bovolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo Venice Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[tab name=&#8221;Description&#8221;]<br \/>\n<strong>Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo Venice Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tucked away from common view, it might be easy for the everyday passerby to miss the Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo. It\u2019s kind of like a small, hidden palace that used to be owned by the Contarini family.<\/p>\n<p>Like a lot of the popular structures in Venice, this one is old\u2014it was constructed in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century\u2014but beautiful. If you decide to stop by this tourist spot, you can get to the palace by passing through a tiny alley called the Calle della Vida.<\/p>\n<p>Translated, the palace is known as \u201csnail house\u201d (bovolo means snail). This isn\u2019t just its name because it is hidden from view, it also got this nickname from the fact that the main attraction of the palace is an elegant staircase that winds itself up in spirals in a beautiful way.<\/p>\n<p>The palace was designed by two architects, with the first one being Giovanni Candi who designed the structure in 1499. The second architect was Giorgio Spavento, who was responsible for the stairs. He designed it with numerous connecting arches, so that almost the entire side is exposed to the light. Not only is this tourist attraction a work out, you are also pleasantly rewarded at the top of the stairs by a breathtaking view of Venice.<\/p>\n<p>When you visit the palace, it doesn\u2019t feel old and scary like those other places you might imagine with staircases leading down into the dungeon. You\u2019ll be happy to discover that this place is quite the opposite, giving the feel of fresh air, breath ability and light.<\/p>\n<p>Going up and down the staircase actually kind of reminds you of the elaborate structures in Star Wars. So it\u2019s actually no surprise that the Palazzo del Bovolo was used to film Shakespeare\u2019s Othello when it was adapted to the silver screen in 1952. No doubt you\u2019ll get lots of great photos at this spot![\/tab]<\/p>\n<p>[tab name=&#8221;Maps&#8221;] <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2799.7342635529776!2d12.332345016206105!3d45.43485787910066!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x477eb1d09c4f4e7b%3A0xf565cf17325e3820!2sPalazzo%20Contarini%20del%20Bovolo!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1662669998952!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe> [\/tab]<\/p>\n<p>[tab name=&#8221;Information&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Phone number: 041-924933<br \/>\nAddress: Corte del Bovolo, San Marco 4299, Venice, 30124, Italy[\/tab]<\/p>\n<p>[end_tabset]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[tab name=&#8221;Description&#8221;] Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo Venice Italy Tucked away from common view, it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,49],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-14076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attractions-in-venice","category-venice","tag-venice-attractions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14076"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15388,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14076\/revisions\/15388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeareaguide.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}