Palazzo Ducale

Date: founded 9th century; expansion 14th-16th centuries; expanded interior decorations from 16th-17th centuries
Image View Description: Interior: View of Staircase
Creator: Sansovino, Jacopo (Italian architect, 1486-1570)
Material/Technique: stone
, Material/Technique: marble
, Material/Technique: brick
Work Type: architecture
Culture: Italian
Culture: Venetian
Location: Venice (Italy)
Notes: Scala d'Oro, built in 1558-1559 to the design of Sansovino and decorated with gilded stuccoes by Alessandro Vittoria, provided access between the main floors of council chambers and Doge's apartments.
Image Source: Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, © The Trustees of Columbia University
Photographer: Cassy Juhl
Record ID: ven_doge_scala_doro_2


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