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2026-01-24 09:06:18Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

In a prime location on the banks of Venice's Grand Canal, the historic Ca' Dario palace has shone over the water since the late 15th century.

A few steps from the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, it is described as an architectural jewel, but it has no owner. And that's because it is considered "haunted" due to murders, suicides and mysterious accidents.

The house was named after its first owner, Giovanni Dario, a diplomat who was declared a hero after signing a peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire.

Over the centuries, the palace has hosted nobles, merchants and even members of the British rock music elite.

In 1908, it was painted by Claude Monet during his trip to Venice and a year later it was mentioned by Henry James in his travel diary "Italian Hours".

But the massive building, which boasts nine bedrooms, eight bathrooms and grand reception rooms filled with frescoes, has proven notoriously difficult to sell, and not necessarily because buyers are scared off by its price, which is said to be set at €17,024,900.

Real estate agents have struggled to overcome its reputation as " Venice's cursed palace ," due to a string of owners and visitors who have met untimely and in some cases violent deaths, according to The Guardian.

Now that it has been renovated, its sale has taken on a new impetus, with the challenge set for Christie's and Engel & Völkers. Christie's describes the building as an "architectural jewel" with Gothic arches, antique Murano chandeliers and a loggia terrace, while noting its location in a "quiet" Venetian neighborhood, away from the crowds.

Murder, suicide, accidents

However, what the advertising campaigns fail to mention are the tragic stories that have enriched local traditions surrounding the building's curse.

According to history, the palace is linked to at least seven deaths, the most horrific of which occurred in 1970, when its then-owner, Count Filippo Giordano Delle Lanze , was murdered within its walls by his partner, a sailor who fled to London and later killed himself.

Kit Lambert, then manager of The Who, bought the property the following year. Although he claimed not to be bothered by the alleged curse, he is said to have told friends that he slept elsewhere to escape the ghosts.

However, locals blamed the curse for his descent into drug addiction, the financial crisis that followed, and his death in London in 1981 after falling down a flight of stairs.

In the 1980s, the palace was purchased by Italian Raoul Gardini, who was embroiled in a corruption scandal and committed suicide in Milan in 1993.

Legends also say that the palace brings bad luck to those who simply visit it or spend their holidays there.

Opera tenor Mario Del Monaco planned to buy the property in 1964, but changed his mind after a serious car accident on the way to see it.

John Edwhistle, bassist for The Who, died in the US in 2002, a week after renting the building.

The palace remained largely abandoned after that, and although it attracted the interest of several potential buyers who were impressed by its architecture – Woody Allen was rumored to be among them – they were reportedly put off by… its curtains.

In 2006, the building was purchased by an American company on behalf of its current owner, whose identity has not been made public. The fact that the property has remained vacant since then has only fueled the rumors.

"They like to tell stories"

Arnaldo Fussello, general director of Christie's in Venice, said Venetians like to tell interesting stories, especially to tourists.

"For example, the gondolier who rides a gondola in front of the building," he said, also mentioning "hundreds" of residents who have lived to a ripe old age in the palace over the centuries, including Dario, who died of natural causes at the age of 80.

Davide Bussato, a historian in Venice, said the rumors began in the 1970s but gained momentum after Guardini's suicide.

Venetians "love to tell stories and it is perfectly normal for them to exaggerate, as they did with the island of Poveglia."

Poveglia is an abandoned and haunted island in the Venetian lagoon.

Venetians were otherwise realistic and not usually influenced by superstitions, Bussato said, "but they like to surprise people, especially those coming from abroad."

Bussato said Venice is full of historic buildings where murders and suicides have occurred and which are now home to luxury hotels.

"As with all legends, those surrounding Palazzo Ca' Dario are a bit muddled, the storytellers taking some specific events and exaggerating them."

For his part, Fuselo is confident that the building will overcome its fearsome reputation and be sold.

He said that so far it has attracted "a lot" of interest, both from Italians and foreigners.

"This is a place where history lives," he said.

" And if you want to live history, then this is the perfect home, although it is important that whoever buys it is committed to keeping this property alive ," he added.

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