Fondaco dei Turchi

Fondaco dei Turchi
Fondaco dei Turchi, internal courtyard
Fondaco dei Turchi, front columns

The Fondaco dei Turchi (Venetian: Fontego dei Turchi, Turkish: Türk Hanı) is a palazzo in Veneto-Gothic style, later referred to as the Turks' Inn, on the Grand Canal of Venice, northeastern Italy.

It was once considered one of the most unique and curious buildings in Europe, a specimen of Italo-Byzantine architecture, however, it was modernised and almost rebuilt by the government in 1869.[1]

  1. ^ Venice, 1884, p. 76, Smith Elder, London, google books