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DOGES PALACE Characteristics The oldest part of the palace is the façade overlooking the lagoon, the corners of which are decorated with 14th century sculptures by Filippo Calendario and various Lombard artists such as Raverti and Antonio. The ground floor arcade and the loggia above are decorated with 14th and 15th century capitals, some of which were replaced with copies during the 19th century. The north side of the courtyard is closed by the junction between the palace and st marcks bacillica, which used to be the doge ’s chapel. At the center of the courtyard stand two well-heads dating from the mid-16th century
 * The exterior **
 * The courtyard **
 * The Doge's Apartments **The rooms in which the Doge lived were always located in this area of the palace, between the rio de la canonica – the water entrance to the building – the present-day Golden Staircase and the apse of st marks bacillica . The disastrous fire in this part of the building in 1483 made important reconstruction work necessary, with the Doge’s apartments being completed by 1510.

Renovation or changes

in 1614 to link the Doge’s Palace to the structure intended to house the New Prisons. Enclosed and covered on all sides, the bridge contains two separate corridors that run next to each other. That which visitors use today linked the Prisons to the chambers of the Magistrato alle Leggi and the Quarantia Criminal; the other linked the prisons to the State Advocacy rooms and the Parlatorio. Both corridors are linked to the service staircase that leads from the ground floor cells of the Pozzi to the roof cells of the Piombi.

History

In 810, Doge Angelo Partecipazio moved the seat of government from the island of malamocco to the area of the present-day rialto, when it was decided a palatium duci, a ducal palace, should be built. However, no traces remains of that 9th century building as the palace was partially destroyed in the 10th century by a fire. The following reconstruction works were undertaken at the behest of Doge Sebastiano Ziani (1172–1178). A great reformer, he would drastically change the entire layout of the stmarks square. The new palace was built out of fortresses, one façade to the Piazzeta, the other overlooking the St. Mark's Basin.



floor plan

bibliography : www.wikipedia/dogespalace/.com by Luisa Mendez Arianne Quiles Marcela Mendoza