Carlo Goldoni is one of the protagonists of Italian theater history, well known for having realized the reform that transformed the Commedia dell’Arte: this way of acting was based on improvisation by using canovaccios (a general plot of the play). His figure as a playwright has been fundamental for the recognition of comedian’s role in the eighteenth-century productions.

Ca’ Centani, or Centanni, also known as “Carlo Goldoni’s home”, was built in XV century in Venice and belongs to the Civic Museums Foundation. It’s a historical building, dating back to the Byzantine period, characterized by a window divided by four columns (it’s called quadrifora) on the main facade.
In the ’30s of the 20th century the building was given to the Venetian municipality, with a big project of restoration and creation of a museum, established with the name of Museo Goldoniano, together with the Theater Studies Centre. Only after the two World Wars, in 1953, the house was opened to the public.

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