Palazzo Patriarcale is the seat of the Patriarchate of Venice.
After the fall of the Venetian Republic, St Mark’s Basilica became a cathedral, the Palazzo Patriarcale was built as the new headquarters of the Patriarchate of Venice (former headquarter was San Pietro di Castello). In 1837, architect Lorenzo Santi started to work on the building. The construction ended in 1850.
From 1894 to 1903, the building was the residence of Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (1835-1914), who later became Pope Pius X.
