In Venice, in the Dorsoduro district on the Grand Canal, at the mouth of the Rio delle Torreselle, there is an elegant building in typical Venetian style on which, for centuries, a curse has been imposed: all its owners would be destined to end up on the pavement or die a violent death.
The building, called Palazzo Dario, is known to most as Ca 'Dario. It was commissioned by Giovanni Dario to the architect Pietro Lombardo in 1479 as a wedding dowry for his daughter Marietta, betrothed to the rich spice merchant Vincenzo Barbaro. Giovanni Dario was secretary of the Senate of the Republic of Venice: on his death, the house passed to his daughter and here began the strange events that contributed to the fame of the house.
Marietta's husband, Giacomo Barbaro, suffered a sudden financial collapse and was stabbed to death. His wife could not take the blow and committed suicide. Shortly after, his son Vincenzo was found dead in Candia, Crete, victim of an ambush.
Ca 'Dario was inherited from the descendants of Barbaro up to Alessandro, a member of the last Council of Ten of the Republic of Venice and Aulic Councilor of the Supreme Court of Verona, who at the beginning of the 19th century sold it to Arbit Abdoll, an Armenian precious priest. The new owner, needless to say, immediately fell into disrepair shortly after taking possession of it and was forced to sell it to Englishman Rawdown Brown for 480 pounds.
Over the centuries, various hypotheses have been formulated in an attempt to explain the curse of Ca 'Dario. Some claim that the palace was built on a Templar cemetery, others that it is influenced by a talisman on the water gate of the nearby palace. None, of course, has been confirmed, but anyone who has visited, or even looked at, assures that they felt a strange sense of uneasiness.
Dario Palace
Address: Campiello Barbaro, 352, 30123
Phone: 041 529 8711
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