# Dogana da Mar: Façade

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BENONI, Giuseppe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/benoni-giuseppe-rb9387a3cdcec0a>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

While work proceeded on Santa Maria della Salute, the whole complex around it on the south side of the Grand Canal was rebuilt to complete a vast, theatrical Baroque development of the district of Dorsoduro. Longhena submitted a design, but the commission went to Giuseppe Benoni. The rebuilding works of the Dogana da Mar, undertaken by Giuseppe Benoni, begin in 1677. Benoni erected the white tower shown here; at the top an allegorical statue of Fortune, carried out by Bernardo Falcone, keeps its precarious footing on a shining golden globe said to be visible to ships far out in the lagoon. The exterior of the Dogana da Mar was refaced in 1835, making it look considerably duller.

## Related artworks

- [Dogana da Mar: View](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/benoni-giuseppe-rb9387a3cdcec0a/dogana-da-mar-view-r5109503d60a882>)
- [Dogana da Mar: View](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/benoni-giuseppe-rb9387a3cdcec0a/dogana-da-mar-view-rdf69583be6503b>)

## Attribution

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