• Just two years after the acquisition of Palazzo Grassi, François Pinault expands his cultural project in Venice through the restoration of Punta della Dogana.
  • The temporary structures built to store merchandise and customs workers were replaced by the Punta della Dogana, whose construction began in 1677.[3].
  • They decided to move the sea to the Punta della Dogana, at the tip of the island of Dorsoduro, called Punta del Sale, due to salt deposits that were built there.
  • ‘The Punta della Dogana’ was created in 1730 by Canaletto in Baroque style. Find more prominent pieces of cityscape at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
  • Renovated by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando, Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana are the two museums of the Pinault Collection in Venice.
  • 14 – Punta della Dogana, together with the Palazzo Grassi, are the two contemporary art museums of the Francois Pinault Collection in Venice.
  • At the meeting point of the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal in Venice is a triangular plot of land, the Punta Della Dogana.
  • Punta della Dogana was once a customs building (“Dogana” means customs in Italian) and it is located just across the Grand Canal from Piazza San Marco.
  • Punta della Dogana's story stretches back centuries, as it was originally constructed in the 15th century to house the customs for the Republic of Venice.