The Fondazione Querini Stampalia is a cultural institution in Venice, Italy, founded in 1869 at the behest of Conte Giovanni, the last descendant of the Venetian Querini Stampalia family. Architect Carlo Scarpa designed interior, exterior, and garden elements and spaces on the ground floor of the historic building.
It was the official ancient residence of the Querini Stampalia family and today it is the seat of the eponymous Foundation. There is evidence that the Querini family resided in Santa Maria Formosa from the 1200s, though we have more substantive information from the end of the fifteenth century. The reputation of the Querinis grew during the first decades of the sixteenth century, leading the family to initiate a series of structural improvements.
