Palazzo Molin Querini

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Palazzo Molin Querini: main facade facing the Grand Canal
Side facade to the Corte Michiel de la Comedia .

Palazzo Molin Querini , also Palazzo Molin , Palazzo Molin Gaspari or Palazzo Molin alla Maddalena , is a palace in Venice in the Italian region of Veneto . It is located in the Cannaregio sestiere , facing the Grand Canal, next to the Palazzo Emo alla Maddalena , opposite the San Stae church .

history

The last renovation dates from the 18th century. The palace belonged to the Molin del Traghetto della Maddalena family . The Bishop of Brescia and Cardinal Giovanni Molin (1705–1773) lived in this palace .

description

It is a very characteristic and lively building, subordinate to this difficult geographical context in the bend of the Grand Canal at this point.

The facade is divided into two parts:

  • on the left is the portal to the water, the confluence of the '' Calle del Traghetto with the Grand Canal and a Venetian window with a balcony, flanked by three individual windows on the level of the main floor.
  • on the right there are only two single windows facing the Rio della Maddalena .

In addition to the ground floor and the main floor, there is a second floor, a mezzanine floor between the ground floor and the main floor and a mezzanine floor under the roof. The palace also has a very small courtyard.

Individual evidence

  1. Mario Canato: Molin, Giovanni in Dictionnaire Biografico degli Italiani . Volume 75 (2011).

swell

  • Mario Canato, Maria Teresa Pasqualini Canato: I Molin al traghetto della Maddalena e il loro palazzo. Fasti e nefasti di una famiglia nobile veneziana nella storia di Venezia . Marsilio, Venice 2015. ISBN 978-88-317-2405-0
  • Marcello Brusegan: I palazzi di Venezia . Newton & Compton, Rome 2007. ISBN 978-88-541-0820-2 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 32.2 "  N , 12 ° 19 ′ 52.4"  E