Punta della Dogana or Punta della Salute or Punta da Már is an area of Venice, a thin triangular point of division between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal, overlooking the San Marco Basin.
The seventeenth-century building, by Benoni, has a triangular plan, consisting of 8 spans developed on two floors and is crowned by a tower dominated by the Palla d'Oro, a gilded bronze sphere supported by two atlases, to represent the world on which rests the statue called "Occasio".
major restoration works allowed the construction within the Dogana da mar complex of a contemporary art center connected to Palazzo Grassi from January 2008 to March 2009, designed by the Japanese minimalist architect Tadao AndÅ, supported by a pool of Italian professionals, commissioned by French fashion magnate François Pinault, owner of Palazzo Grassi and collector of contemporary art.
Punta della Dogana
Address: Dorsoduro, 2
Phone: 0412001057
Site:
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