"El palacio Contarini del Bovolo o palacio Contarini del Bovolo Minelli es un edificio tardo-gótico italiano situado en el sestiere de San Marco en Venecia, cerca del campo Manin, frente al rio San Luca.
El palacio data del siglo xv, construido por la familia Contarini, quienes fueron apodados "bovolo" (cáscara del caracol ) al adosar a la fachada una llamativa escalera de caracol. En 1717 el edificio pasó a manos de Giovanni Minelli, casado con Elisabetta di Pietro Maria Contarini, última representante de la familia. En 1803 se reconvirtió como hotel y en 1852 se cedió por testamento a la parroquia de San Luca, más adelante convertida en sede de la "Congregazione di carità."
Al encontrarse el edificio entre el rio de San Luca y la plaza del Maltese, presenta dos fachadas muy diferenciadas entre sí. La fachada sobre el rio San Luca se desarrolla en cuatro niveles: la planta baja a nivel del suelo, dos plantas nobles, y el último piso. La planta baja posee portalones con arcos de medio punto flanqueados por monóforas menores con arcos similares, dispuestas a los lados sobre dos niveles y en el centro a un solo nivel.
La fachada posterior tiene un diseño completamente distinto. Se caracteriza por la secuencia de monóforas rectangulares arqueadas, adquiriendo su máxima expresión en la torre donde se sitúa la escalera de caracol, llamada bóvolo en véneto. La torre termina en un mirador coronado por una cúpula, adornada interiormente por frescos, de los que hoy en día apenas se aprecian trazas."
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"The Contarini del Bovolo palace or Contarini del Bovolo Minelli palace is a late-Gothic Italian building located in the San Marco setiere in Venice, near Campo Manin, facing the San Luca River.
The palace dates back to the 15th century, built by the Contarini family, who were nicknamed "bovolo" (snail shell) for attaching a striking spiral staircase to the façade. In 1717 the building passed into the hands of Giovanni Minelli, married to Elisabetta di Pietro Maria Contarini, the last representative of the family. In 1803 it was converted into a hotel and in 1852 it was transferred by will to the parish of San Luca, later converted into the headquarters of the "Congregazione di carità."
As the building is located between the San Luca river and the Maltese square, it has two very different facades. The façade on the San Luca River is developed on four levels: the ground floor at ground level, two noble floors, and the top floor. The ground floor has portals with semicircular arches flanked by smaller monophores with similar arches, arranged on the sides on two levels and in the center on a single level.
The rear façade has a completely different design. It is characterized by the sequence of arched rectangular monophores, acquiring its maximum expression in the tower where the spiral staircase is located, called bóvolo in Veneto. The tower ends in a viewpoint crowned by a dome, decorated internally by frescoes, of which hardly any traces can be seen today."
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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...