The Fondaco dei Tedeschi, also known in Venetian as Fontego dei Tedeschi, is a prominent historic Italian building located along the Grand Canal in Venice, in the vicinity of the Rialto Bridge. It originally served as Funduq, acting as the headquarters of German merchants in the city.

Its history dates back to the 13th century, as does the Fondaco dei Turchi, and is closely related to the commercial needs of the Republic of Venice. This building served as a warehouse for goods imported from places such as Nuremberg, Judenburg and Augsburg. The German population involved in trade, the Venetian authorities and the inhabitants of the seven municipalities of the autonomous province of Trento participated in these operations. Towards the end of the 14th century, the palace housed the offices of the influential German banking family, the Fúcars.

After a fire destroyed the original construction in 1505, the palace was rebuilt in the early 16th century under the direction of Giorgio Spavento, following the design of Gerolamo Tedesco. The direction of the works passed into the hands of Antonio Abbondi in 1509, with the collaboration of Giorgio Zorzi and his disciple Tiziano in the decoration of frescoes on the main facade, between the windows.

Today, the building is owned by the Italian Post Office. In 2008, it was ceded to the Benetton group for 53 million euros, who carried out a restoration and functional refurbishment work to turn it into a shopping center, under the direction of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. This renovation was inaugurated in 2016.

The current structure of the building, square in plan, consists of three floors surrounding a central courtyard covered by a glass and steel structure, where the old well is preserved. On the main façade, five large round arches guard the entrance facing the Grand Canal, the unloading point for goods. The second level exhibits a series of paired monophoria, with individual windows at the ends, which correspond symmetrically with the rectangular windows of the upper floors.