Palazzo da Schio Ca' d'Oro

“It was called the Ca’ d’Oro, perhaps because the capitals that adorned it were extravagantly gilded, certainly not for the fantastic popular tradition that claimed it was founded by the Scaliger family to guard their treasures, as evidenced by the very name of other buildings of the era, first and foremost the Ca’ d’Oro in Venice. It was erected in the fourteenth century; however, the painting, like other palaces of the same style, is considerably more recent. […] The Ca’ d’Oro passed from the Franceschini to the da Schio family by inheritance in 1677, specifically at the death of Marcantonio Franceschini, whose sister Dorotea had married Nicola di Giulio da Schio on the first of May 165 with six thousand ducats of dowry.”

With these lines begins a small book “La Ca’ d’Oro or the Palazzo degli Schio in Vicenza” written in 1901 by Don Sebastiano Rumor (1862 – 1929), priest and librarian of the Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana di Vicenza, on commission from Honorable Fedele Lampertico (1833 – 1906), who wished to present it as a wedding gift to the newlyweds Ottavio Folco and Maria da Schio, being a friend of Almerico da Schio (1836 – 1930), father of the bride and “master of the house”.

The da Schio family inhabits its rooms, lives in and enhances the spaces, offering offices and coworking spaces to professional studios, shops for commercial and artisanal activities, locations for events and photo shoots & welcoming Vicentini, travelers, and scholars from everywhere.