Palazzo Molina, Gothic palace near Ponte del Sepolcro, Venice, Italy.
Palazzo Molina is a Gothic palace at Riva degli Schiavoni 4145 in the Castello sestiere, next to Ponte del Sepolcro. It is also called Palazzo delle Due Torri or Palazzo Navager. The interior courtyard has a well carved with the Navagero family's heraldic shield.
The palace belonged to the Navager or Navagero family, whose heraldic shield is carved on the well in the inner courtyard. Andrea Navagero (1483–1529), a statesman, poet, historian and botanist, lived here; the line ended with Pietro Navagero in 1743. From 1362 to 1367 the palace housed Petrarch's daughter Francesca, her husband Francescuolo da Brossano and the poet himself.
The palace is also called Casa del Petrarca: the poet's daughter Francesca and her husband Francescuolo da Brossano lived here with him from 1362 to 1367. Petrarch came to Venice out of admiration for the city and counted Grand Chancellor Benintendi de Ravagnani among his friends.
Palazzo Molina stands at Riva degli Schiavoni 4145 in the Castello sestiere, next to the Ponte del Sepolcro, the bridge once called Ponte di Ca' Navager. The palace faces the waterfront, so it is reached on foot along the riva rather than through inland alleys.
The palace is sometimes called Palazzo of Two Towers, a reference to the adjacent former monastery of the Sepulchre that featured dual towers. This alternate name reflects the architectural distinctiveness of neighboring structures from earlier times.
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