The man who built the molino Stucky 1841-1941. The rise and fall of the richiest family in Venice

The man who built the molino Stucky 1841-1941. The rise and fall of the richiest family in Venice: Three generations of millers of Swiss origin. Hans, the grandfather was involved in the 1848 revolution, his son Giovanni built the Giudecca mill, became the richest man in town at the end of the XIXth century and was killed by a madman in May 1910. Giancarlo, the grandson was ruined during the economic and financial crisis of the Thirties, due to the economic policy of Fascism and the hostility of some personalities of the regime. The history of a dynasty and a hundred years of Venetian life. The historic building has now become a hotel.