Ca’ Sagredo Hotel Venice occupies a 15th-century Byzantine-Gothic palazzo on the Grand Canal—a National Monument protected by the Venetian Superintendency of Fine Arts. This is the residence where Galileo Galilei lived as a guest of the Sagredo family, and where the dialogues of his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems were set. Original Tiepolo … Continue reading Ca’ Sagredo Hotel Venice: National Monument Palazzo Where Galileo Resided