the palace originally belonged to the navager or navagero family; their heraldic shield is sculpted on the well in the interior courtyard. in some land and houses bought in 1483 from monks from san michele in isola and sant'andrea d'ammiana. this palace was the home of the historian andrea navagero, and a grandson also named andrea (1483–1529), statesman, poet, historian and botanist of venice, who died in bles, while ambassador to france. it still owned by pietro navagero, who died in 1743, the last male of the navagero name. the area once had a monastery of the sepulchre, a building with two towers.