Venice's favourite building or most cursed?
Palazzo Dario, or Ca’ Dario, is one of Venice’s most famous palaces for two reasons: its elegant late-15th-century architecture and its reputation as a cursed house. It was originally built for Giovanni Dario, a Venetian diplomat and secretary to the Senate, and was passed to his daughter Marietta after his death.
 
The palace was remodeled around the late 1400s, likely by a follower of Pietro Lombardo, and built on the Grand Canal as a high-status family residence. Giovanni Dario used wealth gained through diplomacy and trade to commission the building, and the façade reflects the refined Venetian Gothic-to-Renaissance transition. After Giovanni died in 1494, the palace passed to Marietta and her husband Vincenzo Barbaro, then later to their descendants. For a time, the Venetian Senate also rented it to Turkish diplomats.
 
Its darker fame comes from a long chain of bad luck attached to owners and occupants, which gave rise to nicknames like “the house that kills”. Stories linked to the palace include murders, suicides, financial ruin, and sudden deaths among several owners over the centuries. The legend has become part of Venice’s folklore, and locals have long treated the house with unease.
 
Interesting facts...
Some claim the palace was built over an old cemetery or that its foundations make it slightly tilt. Also Woody Allen, reportedly considered buying it, and the musician John Entwistle, stayed there shortly before his death in 2002. So perhaps cursed indeed