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Show Venice Honor Browning The commune of Venice has bought the Bezzonico palace, on the Grand canal, where Browning wrote "Aso-lando," "Aso-lando," and where he died on December Decem-ber 12, 1SSD. From the heirs of Browning Brown-ing the palace had passed to Count HIrschel de MInerbo. It had been offered of-fered for sale for some time, but on account of the difficult times had not found a buyer. Thus abandoned, the palace bad already al-ready given signs of falling into decay, de-cay, and in the ceillng-s, frescoed by Tiepolo, marks cansed by water and damp had begun to appear. The com mime of Venice decided to buy and re store It San Francisco Chronicle. |