[1][2] The palace was built on a project by architect Domenico Margutti, a student of Baldassare Longhena, at the end of the 17th century to be the grand residence of the Gradenigo family, one of the noblest among the Venetian aristocracy.

[4] In the early 20th century these gardens inspired some places in novel Il Fuoco by the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio.

[5] The façade has three levels and an attic open by square windows, overlooks the river, on which, on the ground floor, there are two portals.

A small part of it remains nowadays, following the building development in the surrounding area.

[5] Inside, much of the original pictorial decoration has been lost over the centuries; however, there remain 17th-century stuccos and some 18th-century frescoes attributed to Jacopo Guarana.