Magic Lantern slide circa 1900 hand coloured. Victorian/Edwardian era. Ducal Palace, The Doge's Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale; Venetian: Pa?aso Dogal) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice, opening as a museum in 1923. Today, it is one of the 11 museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia.