Andrea Loredan commissioned the palace, and Doge Leonardo Loredan paid for it. Mauro Codussi designed it, and the Lombardo family of architects finished the work after his death. It was built from 1481 to 1509 at a cost of more than 200,000 ducats. The article calls it a Renaissance palace of three stories on the Grand Canal, with classically inspired columns dividing each level.
The Loredan heirs sold it in 1581 to Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, for 50,000 ducats. A White Wing by Vincenzo Scamozzi was added in 1614. The Vendramin family owned it from 1739. Giuseppe Volpi remodeled the living quarters in 1937, and the city council bought it in 1946.
It has housed the Venice Casino in winter since 1959, and the Wagner Museum, open by appointment on Saturday mornings.
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