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
Saint Emeric of Hungary that Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer and the namesake of the Americas, was named after the saint. Saint Emeric of Hungary Saint Emeric () also "Henricus", "Emery," "Emerick," "Emmerich", "Emericus" or "Americus" (c. 1007 – 2 September 1031) was the son of King St. Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria. Emeric is assumed to be the second son of Stephen I. Named after his uncle, St. Henry II, he was the only one of Stephen's sons who reached adulthood. Emeric was educated in a strict and ascetic spirit by the Benedictine monk from Venice, Gerard from the age