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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/07/2026 20:28:00

Venice's international gallery of modern and contemporary art, housed in a monumental baroque palazzo on the Grand Canal designed by Baldassare Longhena and completed by Antonio Gaspari in 1710. Ca' Pesaro was bequeathed to the city by Duchess Felicita Bevilacqua La Masa in 1898 with the stipulation that it serve as a venue for emerging artists, and the building has functioned as Venice's modern art museum since 1902, accumulating a permanent collection that includes works by Klimt, Chagall, Kan...