view of Saint Mark's Square Procuratie Nuove (left), Procuratie Nuovissime (centre), and Procuratie Vecchie (right)
Procuratie Vecchie
Built
c. 1514–1538
Architect
Pietro Bon and Zuan Celestro (attributed)
Architectural style(s)
Early Renaissance
Procuratie Nuove
Built
1583–c. 1660
Architect
Vincenzo Scamozzi and Francesco Smeraldi
Architectural style(s)
High Renaissance
Procuratie Nuovissime
(Napoleonic Wing)
Built
1807–1815
Architect
Giovanni Maria Solis
Architectural style(s)
Neoclassical
Saint Mark's Square
a. St Mark's Basilica
b. Doge's Palace
c. Bell tower and Loggetta
d. Marciana Library
e. Mint
f. Procuratie Nuove (Royal Palace (Venice))
g. Procuratie Nuovissime
h. Procuratie Vecchie
i. Clock tower
The Procuratie (English: Procuracies) are three connected buildings along the perimeter of Saint Mark's Square in Venice, Italy. Two of the buildings, the Procuratie Vecchie (Old Procuracies) and the Procuratie Nuove (New Procuracies), were constructed by the procurators of Saint Mark, the second-highest dignitaries in the government of the Republic of Venice, who were charged with administering the treasury of the Church of Saint Mark as well as the financial affairs of state wards and trust funds established on behalf of religious and charitable institutions.
The Procuratie Vecchie on the northern side of the square was built during the War of the League of Cambrai in the early sixteenth century to replace an earlier structure, damaged by fire. Although the war imposed financial constraints and limited innovation, it was nevertheless the first major public building in Venice to be erected in a purely classical style. It always contained apartments that were rented by the procurators as a source of revenue to finance building projects and repairs. Rental income was significant, given the prestige of the location. But the apartments were eventually sold to raise immediate money for the government, and several of them were subsequently transformed into clubhouses.
The Procuratie Nuove on the southern side housed the official residences of the procurators. Built between the late-sixteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries to replace a series of dilapidated medieval structures, it represented the culmination of an extensive programme of urban renewal that lasted over a hundred years and profoundly transformed Venice's city centre, giving it the appearance of a great classical forum. Both the official residences in the Procuratie Nuove and the rental apartments in the Procuratie Vecchie were built above arcades with space on the ground floor that was rented out for stores, workshops, and later coffeehouses, including the historic Caffè Florian, Caffè Quadri, and Caffè Lavena.
The Procuratie Nuovissime (Newest Procuracies, also known as the Napoleonic Wing) was built during the second period of French occupation (1805–1815) when after the fall of the Republic of Venice, the Procuratie Nuove was transformed into the residence of the viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy. Today, much of the Procuratie Nuove and the Napoleonic Wing house the Museo Correr.
Square in Venice, Italy. Two of the buildings, the Procuratie Vecchie (Old Procuracies) and the Procuratie Nuove (New Procuracies), were constructed by the...
the Italian flag.[citation needed] In the Piazza San Marco Procuratie Vecchie and Procuratie Nuove, 1890 The Piazza seen from the Campanile The Clocktower...
buildings in Florence, Trieste, Milan, Rome, and Turin. In 1914, the Procuratie Vecchie, the seat of the Venice administration, underwent restructuring...
Giovanni Grisostomo (begun 1497), Santa Maria Formosa (begun 1492), and the Procuratie Vecchie on the Piazza San Marco. He probably designed St Mark's Clocktower...
two long wings that run the length of the square are the Procuratie Vecchie and the Procuratie Nuove, which had housed the offices and residences of some...
1581, where he had been invited to design the Procuratie Nuove on the Piazza San Marco itself. The Procuratie Nuove was built as a row of official housing...
Guglie Ponte delle Tette Ponte di Rialto Ponte Minich Ponte Tron Procuratie Nuove Procuratie Vecchie Rio di San Lorenzo Scala di Bovolo Scuola dei Greci Scuola...
Gabriele, 'Vincenzo Scamozzi e la fabbrica delle Procuratie Nuove', in Gabriele Morolli, ed., Le Procuratie Nuove in Piazza San Marco (Roma: Editalia, 1994)...
by death anyone who dared to rise up, ordered the restitution to the Procuratie of the valuables looted, and finally recognized the Jacobin leaders as...
(2015–present) US Embassy Conversion, London, UK (2016–present) Renovation of Procuratie Vecchie, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy (2017–present) Renovation of...
intimate setting for paintings of fashionable life by Alessandro Longhi: see Procuratie; the squib in the paper reported that "several Painters, and Artificers...
collaborating in the restoration of the Royal Gardens (2019), restoring the Procuratie Vecchie (reopened to the public in 2022), and participating in the foundation...
supra, had already supervised the final stages in the construction of the Procuratie vecchie in Saint Mark's Square following the death of his predecessor...
Vincenzo Scamozzi and after Scamozzi's death completed his monumental Procuratie Nuove in St. Mark's Square, a complex of imposing residences and offices...
exhibition Five centuries of Venetian painting set up in 1945 at the Procuratie Nuove in Venice, considered a model for subsequent "regional reconnaissance"...
administrative posts of the Venetian Republic; the offices of the procuratori, the Procuratie are the long low buildings that enfold Piazza San Marco. "In proclaiming...
area was home to the Museo Correr collection, which was moved to the Procuratie Nuove and Ala Napoleonica museums, at the Piazza San Marco, after 1923...
chandelier featured in Van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait was suspended in the Procuratie Vecchie in St Mark's Square, Venice. This work was created as part of...
Foro Bonaparte in Milan, which was never executed, and plans for the Procuratie buildings on St Mark's Square in Venice, which were modified and completed...
National Trust, England The Piazza San Marco, Venice, looking towards the procuratie nuove and the church of San Geminiano c. 1730 Private collection 'View...
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