Querini Stampalia Foundation - Venice

A smaller, more intimate museum. Come for the art, stay for the hidden Carlo Scarpa garden.

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The restoration by Carlo Scarpa was based on a combination of new and old features and his great skill in the use of materials. He mainly used water as a central decorative element, which in fact came from the canal that overlooks the building, and entered the building through bulkheads that run along the interior walls to reach a large tank layered with copper, concrete, and mosaic, and a small canal at the ends of which there are two labyrinths carved in alabaster and Istria stone. On the wall, you can see a mosaic weaving in Murano glass, designed by Mario de Luigi.