Palazzo Calepini

It later became the home to Earls Völs-Colonna and Alberti d’Enno. In 1812, it became the property of Earls Salvotti, who restyled it. It was also used as a Bishop’s residence and the seat of the curia between 1824 and 1846. In 1924, the Istituto di Credito Fondiario per il Trentino-Alto Adige established its offices here and planned refurbishment, which was entrusted to architect Ettore Sottsass senior. The façade on via Calepina has kept its late Renaissance look and is mirrored by the façade refurbished in the “same style” on Via Garibaldi. Special mention goes to its diamond-pointed, ashlar-worked windows and to its portal featuring two ashlar courses. The decoration of the hall on the first floor harks back to the 1750s and illustrates a cycle of twelve canvases depicting mythological subjects by Trentino painter Antonio de Romedis.
During the first phase of the Council, the Palazzo hosted the Benedictine theologian Luciano degli Ottoni, Abbot of Pomposa.

Foto Gianni Zotta