For an optimal view of our website, please rotate your tablet horizontally.
The three connected buildings framing Saint Mark's Square are called the Procuratie. The name comes from their original use as home and office for the Procurators of Saint Mark. They were city officials responsible for the administration of the St Mark's Basilica, as well as handling the execution of wills and trust funds on behalf of religious and charitable institutions. This lifetime appointment was the most prestigious position after that of the Doge, and it ensured an active role in the political life of Venice.
The Procuratie Vecchie was developed along the entire North side of Saint Mark's Square in the first half of the 16th century, under the renovatio urbis programme of the Doge Andrea Gritti. The three involved architects, Mauro Codussi, Bartolomeo Bon and Jacopo Sansovino, created the façade of arches and loggias adopted by the subsequent developments of the other Procuratie on the other sides of the Square, the Procuratie Nuove and Nuovissime (also known as the Napoleonic Wing, where the Museo Correr is housed).
Since 1832, the building was the headquarters of Italy's Generali Insurance until the institution requirements necessitated a transfer to Mogliano Veneto in 1989. After a five-year renovation headed by architect David Chipperfield, Generali opened the doors of the Procuratie Vecchie to the public in 2022, with the goal to bring the building into a more engaged relationship with the city of Venice and its visitors.
(Summarized from the Human Safety Net and other sources.)
The exhibition opens daily, except Tuesdays, from 10 am to 7 pm.
More information and tickets
© Texts and photos are protected by copyright.
Compilation of information, editing, translations, photos: Universes in Universe, unless otherwise indicated