Baldassare Longhena,  (b. 1598, Venice [Italy]—d. 1682, Venice), major Venetian architect of the 17th century. Longhena was a pupil of Vincenzo Scamozzi and completed Scamozzi’s Procuratie Nuove (1584–1640) in the Piazza San Marco in Venice. Among his churches are the cathedral at Chioggia (1624–47), Santa Maria degli Scalzi, Venice (1656–80), with the facade by Giuseppe Sardi, and the facade of the Chiesa dell’Ospedaletto, near SS. Giovanni e Paolo (1670–78). His two famous palaces, both on the Grand Canal, are the Palazzo Pesaro (now the ...

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