Palazzo Venezia – one of the diplomatic buildings of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
The Palazzo Venezia, the Istanbul residence of the Republic of Venice that came under Habsburg control in 1797, served as the Levantine diplomatic headquarters of the Habsburgs and later the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy until 1918.
Among others, the distinguished Gyula Andrássy worked here in 1883 as a deputy secretary, and in 1896, Kálmán Kánya, who later became foreign minister, also served here. The Italians retook the building by force from the local Austro-Hungarian delegates at the end of 1918, following the conclusion of the war. The building currently serves as the Istanbul residence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Italy.
