A comprehensive journey through Casanova's eighteenth century
An itinerary through Casanova’s life, places and relationships, presented with historical rigor and immersive tools. Each room offers a thematic perspective, integrating documents, period objects and installations that will guide you inside his world.
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Where it all begins. Welcome to Zaguri House
The Casanova Museum is housed in Palazzo Zaguri, a historic Venetian mansion that traces its roots back to the 13th century. Located in the sestiere of San Marco, the palace still preserves architectural elements that testify to the different phases of its life: remodeled Gothic facades, decorated rooms, wooden ceilings, and traces of the restorations that guided its rebirth.
A place that tells the story of Venice and the families who inhabited it, becoming the ideal setting to reconstruct Casanova’s world through documents, objects and thematic paths.
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The roots: childhood, family and Venice in the eighteenth century
The son of actors, he grew up in a lively and cosmopolitan Venice, among theaters, workshops and patrician courts. After a childhood spent between the city and his grandmother’s house, he embarked on studies that took him to Padua, Rome and Naples, following teachers, mentors and different disciplines: law, philosophy, science, letters.
Documents, maps and period accounts illustrate the formation of a curious young man who found in knowledge and travel the keys to interpreting his own time.
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Diplomacy, escapes, passions and secrets of Casanova
The journey leads into the years when Casanova transcends the boundaries of conventional life and moves between power, diplomacy and adventure. His rise guided by his mentors, escape from the Piombi, and long journeys to the courts of Europe reveal a man capable of traversing
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The legacy and memory of the character-myth
The last part of the itinerary recounts Casanova’s final years and the transformation of his figure into myth. Dux, where he spends his old age as a librarian, becomes the place where he reorganizes writings, ideas and memories. The letters and Histoire de ma vie reveal his lucidity, irony and historical awareness. Subsequent rooms deal with the end of his world, the fall of the Serenissima, and
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Casanova's music
The main floor is entirely devoted to the musical language that permeated Casanova’s eighteenth century. Here, ensembles and performers bring to life the sounds of his era: from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, composed in the year of his birth, to the arias of Mozart and Da Ponte, protagonists of the theatrical Venice he frequented. Original instruments, scores, projections and sound installations reconstruct environments, ballrooms and theaters of the city, offering visitors an immersive listening experience.