Casa dei Tre Oci
Casa dei Tre Oci stands on Giudecca in Venice, facing the Church of the Zitelle across the Giudecca Canal. Its modern neo-Gothic facade is marked by three large windows, with a smaller opening above them.
Painter Mario de Maria designed and built the house between 1912 and 1913 as his residence and studio. The three windows traditionally represent his son, wife, and himself, while the smaller window recalls his daughter Silvia, who died young. Artists, scholars, and intellectuals later lived and worked here, including Renzo Piano, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Pegeen Vail Guggenheim, and Edward Melcarth.
After restoration, the building reopened as a photography gallery in 2012 and later became the headquarters of the Berggruen Institute Europe. Its ground and first floors host exhibitions, lectures, conferences, and symposia, while the second floor provides residences for thinkers, including Chinese intellectuals. Refined interiors and a garden complete this unusual Venetian setting.
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