Palazzo Lezze, Venice now divided into apartments. Palazzo Lezze, Venice The Palazzo Lezze or Ca' Lezze is a Baroque palace in Sestiere of Cannaregio in the city of Venice, Italy. It is located on Rio della Misericordia, with a facade on the fondamenta (canal-sidewalk), and stands between the Scuola Grande Nuova della Misericordia and Calle Largo Lezze. While Baldassare Longhena was said to have been the architect, the main part of the facade (1611-1617) was commissioned Giovanni da Lezze di Andrea, Procurator of Saint Mark (1554-1625). The ground floor has ashlar masonry and the upper floors are heavy with balustraded balconies, somewhat like
Arts Square (Saint Petersburg) a national museum. Central to the Square is the Mikhailovsky Square Garden with a statue of Alexander Pushkin. Around the square are the following buildings: Every year, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia organizes the Arts Square International Festival in Saint-Petersburg. The event is free. Arts Square (Saint Petersburg) The Arts Square (, "Ploshchad Iskusstv") is an open public square in the center of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Before the construction of the Square, the land was the hunting grounds of the Empress Anna of Russia. Then Russian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700-1771) created a garden maze on the site. In the early