Palazzo Contarini Fasan is a small Gothic palace in the San Marco district of Venice, overlooking the Grand Canal. The 15th-century building is residential, with three levels and a narrow, high façade. It was once owned by the Contarini family.
The first noble floor has a trifora, a window of three openings, with a balcony. The second floor has two monofore on either side of a large bas-relief of the Contarini coat of arms. A dentilled cornice crowns the façade.
John Ruskin called it "the most elaborate piece of architecture in Venice." The palace is also known as the House of Desdemona, linking it to Shakespeare's Othello, though this is presented as a legend.
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