Palazzo dei Kamerlingi ( Italian: Palazzo dei Camerlenghi ) is a palace in Venice , on the Grand Canal in the San Polo district. Located next to the Rialto Bridge .
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Built in 1525 - 1528 by architect Guglielmo Bergamasko under the orders of Doge Andrea Gritti , as the headquarters of city officials, including treasurers ( Italian camerlinghi ), from which he got his name. On the ground floor there was a prison for debtors and other persons guilty of minor offenses. After the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797, it was used by other departments, in particular, an appellate court was located there [1] .
See also
- List of palaces of Venice