From the child Mozart’s rumoured performances to its later Rothschild ownership, this 16th-century palace exemplifies the revived Gothic elegance of the Grand Canal.

From the child Mozart’s rumoured performances to its later Rothschild ownership, this 16th-century palace exemplifies the revived Gothic elegance of the Grand Canal.
 
Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti is a grand 16th-century palace on Venice’s Grand Canal, famous for its revived Venetian Gothic architecture and Rothschild-Tiesler connections.
 
The palace was erected in 1565 by the patrician Marcello family and later passed to the Gussoni and Cavalli families. For three centuries, different branches of these illustrious Venetian families lived together in the divided building, with the Gothic facade remaining largely unchanged.
 
Conte Alessandro Pepoli owned the palace and created a small theatre on the second piano nobile. An ancient undocumented tradition claims that the child Mozart performed here during his visit to Venice.
 
Interesting facts...
Sarah Luisa de Rothschild sold the palace to a state credit institute in 1922 rather than to another private aristocratic family or indeed her own