Exclusive Tea at the Palace with Refined Hospitality and Secret Gardens

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

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€1,200($1,284 USD)

Charity percentage

77%

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The Prize

Sumptuously furnished with original period pieces and works of art, the sixteenth-century Palazzo Nani Bernardo Lucheschi is an elegant residence overlooking the Grand Canal, which closely guards one of the largest private gardens in Venice.

A precious testimony of the aristocratic Venetian elegance where you are welcomed by Countess Elisabetta Lucheschi Czarnocki herself; you can enjoy afternoon tea with her, served in the family's porcelain and silverware - accompanied by traditionally homemade desserts.
From the balcony of the noble floor reserved for receptions, you can look out over the prestigious “curve” of the Canalazzo onto noble palaces such as Ca 'Foscari, Ca' Rezzonico and Palazzo Grassi.

The multi-lancet window on the back opens onto the elegant design of the garden, which stretches out like a long carpet made up of evergreen, colorful seasonal blooms and the tallest palm tree in the city. The founder and president of the twenty-year Wigwam Club Giardini Storici Venezia, author of numerous books and articles, will guide guests through botanical stories and curious facts, to reveal the miracle of the lagoon gardens.

The experience can be carried out in Italian and English.

The experience is valid for a group of up to 6 people. Date to be agreed between the parties, subject to availability, by April 2022.

A tea at the palace / photo
Credits: Francesca Saccani / wgsVe

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 #P61801

Total number of people: 6.
Experience may not be resold or re-auctioned.
To be scheduled at a mutually agreeable date.
Blackout dates may apply.
Travel and accommodation not included.
In condition as donated.
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