Palazzo Salvadori

The palace was built at the beginning of the sixteenth century by the master Lucio di Pietro. It is a typical example of the urban building transformations occurred during the Renaissance in Via Lunga, today Via Manci. Originally the palace was the location of the ancient synagogue, where the dead body of Simone da Unferdorben was found.

The two eighteenth century stone medallions which decorate the façade over the entry gates are works by the famous sculptor Francesco Oradini. They represent the martyrdom and the glory of Simonino, tragically considered the victim of ritual infanticide by the Jewish community of Trento, which was therefore persecuted and dispersed.

Today visitors can no more admire the original frescoes about the sequence of events related to Simonino, but a refined vault frescoed around 1770 by the painter from Bolzano Carl Henrici, who left his signature, and by Pietro Antonio Bianchi, in late Baroque style. Inside there was also an interesting altarpiece by Martin Teofilo Polacco in which Simonino offers to Baby Jesus a bowl with his blood and a painting, today conserved at Palazzo Trentini, representing Simonino treading on his enemies.

The palace and the chapel are private property, therefore not open to visitors.

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Via Manci 69, 38122 Trento

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