DURING THE 1586 THE FAMILY  BUILT THIS WONDERFULL PALACE, FOLLOWING UP A  SERIOUS FIRE  THAT DESTROIED THE PALACE AND THE STORES IN SAN GIOVANNI GRISOSTOMO.

THE PALACE IS A PROJECT OF THE ARCH. B. MONOPOLA, WHO TAKEN CARE THE FRONT OF THE CAMPO SANTA MARIA FORMOSA, WHILE THE ONE ON THE CANAL IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY WAS FRESCOED BY G. LOMBARDO. THE FRESCO OF THE PALACE FRONT NEVER EXIST.
THE  FAMILY, WHICH NAME APPEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DOCUMETN OF THE 994, DURING THE 1600 BEGAN FAMOUS IN EUROPE  FOR THE COLLECTION INSIDE THE PALAZZO , IT WAS THE SECOND ONLY TO THE COLLECTION OF PALAZZO DUCALE .

IT WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE WAS THE UNION OF TWO FAMOUS COLLECTION, THE FIRST OF FEDERICO CONTARINI, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT “CONDOTTIERE” OF THE REPUBLIC OF VENICE AND THE SECOND OF CARLO  (1554) WHO GOT MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF FEDERIGO CONTARINI.
THE COLLECTIONS WOULD LEFT IN HEREDITY TO THE GRANDCHILD DOMENICO  WITH TESTAMENT OF THE 6 MARCH 1609.

THE COLLECTION INCLUDED PICTURES OF BELLINI, GIORGIONE, SCHIAVONE, TIZIANO VECELLIO, VERONESE, J. TINTORETTO AND OTHERS, STATUES AND PRECIUOUS PIECES.
THE COLLECTION OF THE PALACE  WAS INCREASED BY CARLO , DOGE FROM 1732 TO 1735.
HE WAS BORN ON THE 11 NOVEMBER OF THE 1653, HE WAS A BIG DIPLOMATIC AND HE  WORKED FOR THE PEACE AND BECAME DOGE DURING THE 1732 AND AFTER ONLY 3 YEAR OF DOGADO HE DIED ON THE 5 JANUARY OF THE 1735.

TODAY IN THE PALACE THERE ARE FRESCOES OF G. LAZZARINI, MAESTRO OF G.B. TIEPOLO, SPLENDIDLY RESTORED, THEY ARE PLACED NEAR THE WONDERFULL “SALONE NOBILE” OF ANDREA URBANI, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTAT SCENERY DESIGNER OF THE 1700.

THE PALCE WAS NAMED , FOR THE RESPECT AND THE LOVE THAT JOINED THE TWO FAMILY, WRITTEN INTO THE TESTAMENT OF MARCO  ON THE 2 MARCH 1708, UNTIL THE END OF THE DESCENT.
LUCCHESE WIFE OF THE PRIULI COUNT , WAS THE LAST DISCENDENT AND AFTER HER DIE THE PALACE WAS BOUGHT  BY HER HUSBAND, SO THE PALACE BECAME  PRIULI