The Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti Palace on the banks of the Grand canal in Venice, near the Accademia and the Palazzo Barbaro. Since 1999, it houses the Institute of Sciences, literature and art of the Veneto region and regularly hosts cultural events.

The Palace was built in 1565, the year. In the 19th century on the initiative of a number of illustrious owners, it was completely rebuilt in the style of Venetian Gothic architecture with special emphasis on the rich design of the Windows.

The first reconstruction of the Palazzo Cavalli-Gussoni, as it was then called, were held after 1840, the year when it became the owner of a young Austrian Archduke Frederick Ferdinand. He intended to implement a number of projects aimed at strengthening the presence of the Habsburg dynasty on the Grand canal, as in those years the Venetian territory belonged to Austria-Hungary. After the sudden death of the Archduke in 1847, the year of the Palazzo was bought by count Henri de Chambord, who entrusted further restoration work to the architect the Giambattista Meduna. This portrait of the architect with a luxurious Cathedral Santa Maria della Salute in the background can be seen in the Palazzo Ducale in Modena.

In 1878, the year the Baron Raimondo Franchetti, married Sarah Louisa de Rothschild, daughter of Anselm Rothschild of the Vienna Rothschild, purchased the Palazzo Cavalli-Gussoni and gave it his name. He continued the reconstruction of the Palace, taking for this architect Camillo Boito, who built a big ladder. And in 1922, the year the widow Franchetti sold the Palace to one of the state companies of the Veneto region.