Overnight Stay in the Library Suite and Experience on the Discovery of Galileo

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Ended:September 20th 2021, 12:00pm EDT

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The Prize

The Library Suite.

Gracefully overlooking the Grand Canal, on the right side of the Portego, the Library boasts the honor of having been recognized as a National Monument.
The upper part has a long gallery with a wooden railing made up of white and golden columns.

Above the imposing eighteenth-century wardrobes in white and light green wood, with carved and gilded decorations, the letters of the alphabet can still be clearly read.
The room located on the right of the Portego still houses the splendid library built at the beginning of the eighteenth century by Zaccaria Sagredo, to house his rich collection made up, according to an inventory dating back to 1762, of over 2000 printed books and 309 manuscripts; it should also be noted that a part of the volumes had already been disposed of by 1750 via the publisher Albrizzi.

The splendid work is completed by a suite on the upper floor, to which the Library Suite is connected thanks to a ladder hidden in one of the wardrobes.
A place of study, culture and intellectual discussion, the Library inspired Galileo Galilei to develop his famous "The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems": a scientific conversation between Salviati, Simplicio and Sagredo. He was clearly inspired by Giovan Francesco Sagredo, a close and esteemed friend to whom the scientist dedicated many letters and works.

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Galilei's great affection for his friend Gianfrancesco Sagredo became clear with his important work "The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems".

Spend a stay within the walls of Palazzo Sagredo to retrace the steps of Galileo Galilei.

Package includes:

Dedicated Venice map
Entrance to the Campanile of San Marco
Welcome gift
Breakfast
Wifi
Service

The package does not include: Tourist Tax: Euro 5 per person per night

Cancellation policy 5 days. Please see "General Terms and Conditions" of Ca 'Sagredo Hotel for details.

Valid until 30 September 2022, upon reservation, subject to availability. The experiences are valid for two people.

The Cause

The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE) is responsible for eleven museums: the Doge’s Palace; the Museo Correr; the Torre dell’Orologio; Ca’ Rezzonico – Museum of the eighteenth-century Venice; Palazzo Mocenigo – Centre for the History of Textiles, Costume and Perfume; the Casa di Carlo Goldoni; Ca’ Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art; Palazzo Fortuny; the Museo del Vetro di Murano (Murano glass museum); the Museo del Merletto di Burano (Burano lace museum); the Natural History Museum Giancarlo Ligabue of Venice. It boasts an immense cultural heritage, with over 700,000 works of art, five specialist libraries, a photographic archive and a well-equipped warehouse in the Vega Stock in Marghera.

This rich and complex museum system has been managed, protected and promoted by MUVE since its foundation in 2008. It has been recently enriched by two other important partnerships developing outside the historic centre of the city: with the Centro Culturale Candiani and Forte Marghera in Mestre. The Fondazione Musei Civici is a private entity reporting to a Board of Directors that manages a public heritage and which self-finances all its activities. It has only one founding member, the City of Venice.

In addition to traditional museum activities (recovery, conservation, study, promotion), it includes a wide range of cultural activities and services: research, training, dissemination, teaching, production of temporary events, in a ceaseless dialogue with the territory and its visitors. The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia encourages the integration of public and private participating members that share and support its aims. It establishes and consolidates relationships with other national and international museums, and other cultural, scientific and educational institutions, and develops partnerships for specific projects with private subjects. Shared objectives are the implementation of international visibility and reputation and the development of virtuous and innovative local relationships, to be pursued with a high profile offer associated with maximum accessibility.

Website

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MUVE - Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia

Item #P61701

Total number of people: 2.
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