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Palazzo Cappello Layard

Palaces in Sestiere San Polo
Ca' Cappello Layard Carnelutti (Venice)
Ca' Cappello Layard Carnelutti (Venice)

The Palazzo or Ca' Cappello Layard is a palace situated in the sestiere of San Polo of Venice, Italy, overlooking the Grand Canal at the confluence between this and the smaller Rio di San Polo and Rio delle Erbe. On the Grand canal, it is located between Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza and Palazzo Grimani Marcello. It is particularly noteworthy for having been the residence of Austen Henry Layard, discoverer of Nineveh.

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Palazzo Cappello Layard
Corte Scura, Mestre Venezia-Murano-Burano

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Corte Scura
30170 Mestre, Venezia-Murano-Burano
Veneto, Italy
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