{"id":180762,"date":"2025-10-30T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/?p=180762"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:08:00","slug":"luxus-magazine-in-venice-chahan-minassian-breathes-new-life-into-the-fortuny-residence-the-sleeping-beauty-of-the-lagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/luxus-magazine-in-venice-chahan-minassian-breathes-new-life-into-the-fortuny-residence-the-sleeping-beauty-of-the-lagoon\/","title":{"rendered":"[Luxus Magazine] In Venice, Chahan Minassian breathes new life into the Fortuny residence, the sleeping beauty of the lagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Chahan Minassian transforms the former residence of Countess Gozzi into an art gallery that can be visited by appointment. He enchants us by combining Mariano Fortuny&#8217;s creations with his own designs and works by Pierre Sabatier, Harumi Klossowska de Rola, and Emilio Martinez. Luxus Magazine&#8217;s private tour.<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The vaporetto takes us to <b>the island of Giudecca<\/b>, the closest and largest island in Venice. Opposite the legendary <b>Hotel Cipriani<\/b>, we walk along the canal and ring the doorbell of an imposing brick building. The name can be read in capital letters from a distance: <a href=\"https:\/\/fortuny.com\/\"><b>Fortuny<\/b><\/a>. You really have to look up to see it. We are welcomed for a private tour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36163\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-36163\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo-2-\u00a9-Guido-Malara-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fa\u00e7ade of the Fortuny factory on the island of Giudecca, a stone&#8217;s throw from the old \u201cMolino Stucky\u201d flour mills \u00a9Guido Malara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here lies a superb three-story house with a view of the lagoon. It is adorned with a lush five-hectare garden and a huge swimming pool, adjacent to the <b>famous Fortuny fabric factory<\/b>, a stone&#8217;s throw from the old <b>\u201cMolino Stucky\u201d<\/b> flour mills, which have been converted into a <b>Hilton<\/b> hotel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36166\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36166 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo-3-\u00a9-Giacomo-Bianco-29-1-1024x769.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lush garden and huge swimming pool of the Fortuny house \u00a9Giacomo Blanco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Closed since the death of <b>Countess Gozzi<\/b> in 1994, this house retained an air of infinite mystery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But three decades later, <a href=\"https:\/\/chahan.com\/\"><b>interior designer Chahan Minassian<\/b><\/a> awakened the sleeping beauty of the lagoon at the request of its owners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/in-venice-chahan-minassian-breathes-new-life-into-the-fortuny-residence-the-sleeping-beauty-of-the-lagoon\/\">Click here to read the full article<\/a> on Luxus Magazine<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo: Chahan Minassian, interior designer, and Mickey Riad, co-owner and artistic director of Fortuny, at Palazzina Fortuny \u00a9Brenda Nusenovich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chahan Minassian transforms the former residence of Countess Gozzi into an art gallery that can be visited by appointment. He enchants us by combining Mariano Fortuny&#8217;s creations with his own designs and works by Pierre Sabatier, Harumi Klossowska de Rola, and Emilio Martinez. 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