Richard Wagner, the German composer, spent his final years in Venice and he died in 1883 of a heart attack in this building on the Grand Canal called Ca’ Vendramin Calergi. It is now home to the Casinò di Venezia which was established in 1638 and claims to be the world’s oldest gaming house. A Wagner museum is also inside this palace that was built at the turn of the 16th century.
