tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post6268015447872741998..comments2024-03-28T07:52:07.647-04:00Comments on venezia blog: Pigeons (And Part of a Winged Lion), This AfternoonSteven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-70472764627088871702019-05-22T07:24:13.588-04:002019-05-22T07:24:13.588-04:00Oh, and I just happened to talk to someone yesterd...Oh, and I just happened to talk to someone yesterday whose mother lives right beside Ca' Da Mosto; he told me, with disgust, that it was being converted into a 7 star hotel. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-83878449504396205332019-05-22T07:22:25.738-04:002019-05-22T07:22:25.738-04:00It is indeed one of the oldest surviving facades i...It is indeed one of the oldest surviving facades in Venice--though, alas, greatly altered over the centuries (not totally--but, for example, Ca' Farsetti, seat of city government a short ways down the Grand Canal, is much more intact--though a couple stories were added onto it). I seem to recall Francesco da Mosto, host of Francesco's Venice and other series, saying in one of them that the house passed out of his family's possession some centuries back. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-7772413521436089832019-05-16T13:11:04.645-04:002019-05-16T13:11:04.645-04:00Ca' da Mosto is one of the oldest Canalside ho...Ca' da Mosto is one of the oldest Canalside houses, isn't it? Wasn't it once the family home of the chap who did "Francesco's Venice a decade or so back?<br />Glad to see it's being done up - will it go for a fortune to a wealthy person from elsewhere, or become a hotel, or luxury apartments?? One wonders....Ella Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15651842165614832456noreply@blogger.com