Palazzo Benedetti a Santa Sofia

Palazzo Benedetti a Santa Sofia is a 14th-century Venetian-Gothic palace located near Santa Sofia in the sestiere of Cannaregio, Venice, Italy. It is distinguished by a rare sottoportego, or portico, at the canal side, and is also known as the Palazzo di Sottoportico della Guerra. Across the bridge from the palace stands the Palazzo Priuli Stazio. The building's facade bears a coat of arms indicating it was constructed by the Benedetti family, an old aristocratic lineage reputed to have immigrated to Venice before the 13th century from Acre in the Orient. Historical documents record that Alvise Benedetti, son of Domenico, resided there in 1537, and Pietro Benedetti, counselor of the Sestiere of Cannaregio, lived there in 1622. In 1658, Pietro's son Vincenzo was murdered in the palace, an event that marked the extinction of the Benedetti male line. The website associated with this entity, unahotels.it, indicates a connection to the UNA Hotels hospitality brand, suggesting the historic palace now serves as or is linked to a hotel property. As a commercial entity, the Palazzo Benedetti a Santa Sofia functions as a heritage hospitality asset, combining its historical architectural significance with modern accommodation services under the UNA Hotels umbrella.

The Palazzo Benedetti a Santa Sofia is a 14th-century Venetian-Gothic style palace with a characteristic and rare sottoportego or portico at the canal side, located near Santa Sofia in the sestiere of Cannaregio. Across the bridge from the palace is the Palazzo Priuli Stazio. This palace is also called the Palazzo di Sottoportico della Guerra. The coat of arms on the facade is evidence the palace was built by the Benedetti family. Some from this family, known for warriors and bishops, were part of old aristocracy; they supposedly immigrated to Venice before the 13th century from Acre in the orient. In 1537 documents submitted to the council of the Savi, Alvise Benedetti, son of Domenico, notified that he resided here. Pietro Benedetti, counselor of the Sestiere of Cannaregio, lived here in 1622. On June 8–9, 1658 while Pietro's son, Vincenzo was asleep in the palace, he was beset by robbers and murdered. Arrested for the crime were Giuseppe Righi, a merchant, Pietro a barber from Campo Sant'Angelo, Francesco Menegatti a sea-captain, Tomaso Carli, a friend of Righi, and Antonio an herbalist from Sant'Angelo, Simeone Maggiotto, and Girolamo Biriboccoli, both from Cannaregio, also a monk named Leone from the convent of San Giobbe, brother of the barber Pietro. They were all sentenced on by June 26, 1658. The first two were sentenced to be led on foot from the prison near the ducal palace, to the scene of the crime; there to have their right hands cut off, and with the detached hands hung around their neck, to be dragged behind horses to the site between the columns in the Piazetta where they would be branded three times with a flaming rod, and all the while forced to proclaim their wickedness aloud. It is not clear if they were then hung, since this was commonly also the site for executions. The third was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The others had fled Venice, and were forever banned from returning, but if apprehended would face the punishment of the first two. Vincenzo, the last of the Benedetti name, was buried in San Zanipolo in the 2nd chapel on right, where a plaque reads: 'Shudder visitor as you inspect this admirable heap/ of this deformed stone trophy/A wonder of Piety, Vincent Benedetti, here/ does not rest, but was ejected into a sad fate,/ until Christ brings acclamation to those in his Benediction/in the name of the lord who came to the Cross. /Inhumanity betrayed the happy Vincent/The name Benedetti to a cruel world, to continue/ as unable because of murderers and robbers/whose nature made extinct this nobel family/ of a growing spirit of virtue, faith, and modesty/eternal examples of piety, with him relinquised the ideas and meditations of the male line/ that alway lives and stays in sons, for ever,/ Obey his memory, those who contemplate/ intemperate memories, in the year 1658/ July, age 61 year.' The inscription is attributed to Giovanni Benedetto Perazzo, a dominical monk of the convent of Santi Giovanni e Paolo.

• Palace built by the Benedetti family in the 14th century.

• Alvise Benedetti, son of Domenico, documented as residing in the palace in 1537.

• Pietro Benedetti, counselor of Cannaregio, lived in the palace in 1622.

• Vincenzo Benedetti murdered in the palace on June 8–9, 1658; the Benedetti male line ends.

Historic Venetian palace operating as a heritage hospitality property under the UNA Hotels brand.

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