Existenxmaximum - Atlas of Shared Living. Vol. III from Venice to Shanghai and back

Palazzo Priuli Venier Manfrin
1897
The building gets sold to the Provincia Italiana della Società del Sacro Cuore.
It gets becomes the administrative office of a femminine institute.
The change of use from a residential building to an office brought
numerous changes not only in the disposition and division of the spaces, but
also in their outer decoration, since its rich ornamentation was against the
sober and ascetic philosophy of the institution.
16 August 1916
Venice gets bombed by Austro-German airforces.
One of the bombs gets into the building, crashes the roof through,
reaches the second floor and stops there.
Today in the building there is a memorial plate
on the exact place in the pavement, which tells:
“here felt the enemy’s bomb in the night of 16th August 1916.
1945
The building served as a storage for food, and was guarded by the church
representatives.
Later, for a short time it even became a prison for German officials.
1968-69
The building is bought by A.C.N.I.L (Azienda Comunale di Navigazione
Interna Lagunare, today’s ACTV) and transformed into an office.
1998
The building gets alienated and passes to Comune di Venezia and
later to Regione del Veneto. From that time on it stays empty.
2014
Sold to Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Investments Bank
and is currently on sale with a destinated use
as a residential building or a tourist receptive facility.
Unaccessible for any visits. In a state of sad decay.
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