Richard Wagner Museum

The architecturally distinguished building was the home of many prominent people through history, and is remembered as the place where composer Richard Wagner died.

On February 13 1995 the room on the mezzanine floor where the famous composer, Richard Wagner lived, was entrusted to the Associazione Richard Wagner di Venezia.

The composer Richard Wagner stayed in Venice six times between 1858 and his death. He rented the entire piano nobile (mezzanine) level of the Ca’ Vendramin Calergi from Count de’ Bardi before his departure and arrived on 16 September 1882 with his wife Cosima Liszt and children. ;

Wagner died of a heart attack in the palace on the afternoon of 13 February 1883 at age 69. A memorial plaque is on a brick wall adjacent to the building and is inscribed with a tribute by novelist and poet Gabriele d’Annunzio.

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