Two destinies that intersect
In 18th-century Venice, when the city lived suspended between splendor and decline, two men recognized each other as similar in intelligence and different in destiny.
Giacomo Casanova: the restless man, the man who challenged every limit.
Pietro Zaguri: the cultured patrician, guardian of knowledge and diplomacy.
From this meeting was born a friendship that marked two lives and, today, lives again within these very walls.
Palazzo Zaguri was a place of conversation and curiosity.
Here they discussed science, politics, theater and philosophy, amidst music and toasts.
Casanova entered this world as a free and brilliant spirit: a guest who soon became a confidant and accomplice.
Zaguri listens to him, supports him, introduces him to the labyrinth of power and relationships that can make or break a man in the Serenissima.
“Venice belongs to those who dare: and you, Giacomo, have made an art of it.”
Protection and loyalty
When fortune turns against him and accusations tighten around Casanova, it is also thanks to the network of patrician friendships, with Zaguri at the forefront, that Giacomo Casanova finds shelter and new opportunities.
Behind the scenes, advice and recommendations become a shield and key to his future.
Here a bond is born that goes beyond the mundane: gratitude turns into trust.
Memory in these halls
In the life journey of Europe’s most famous libertine, no friend remained as constant as Pietro Zaguri.
Here, in his mansion, the echo of their friendship becomes a tale: each room is a fragment of what they were and of their relationship.
The last testimony is entrusted to paper: the letters become a legacy, and in them we find a story of loyalty, intelligence and deep humanity.
Zaguri Palace
Palazzo Zaguri was the Venetian home where Pietro welcomed scholars and travelers-a place of ideas and exchanges that helped define his relationship with Casanova.