Palazzo del Tergesteo, 19th-century palace in central Trieste, Italy.
Palazzo del Tergesteo is a 19th-century building with its main entrance on Piazza della Borsa and a second front on Piazza Verdi. Its ground floor holds a commercial gallery covered by a glass roof, while the upper floors contain offices and residential apartments. The gallery's original iron-and-glass ceiling, removed in 1957, was restored in 2011.
In 1838 Giuseppe Brambilla sold the land to the Tergesteo company, founded to build a multifunctional palace; shareholders included the Austrian minister Karl Ludwig von Bruck and Baron Pasquale Revoltella, with capital divided into 1,500 shares. Work ran from 1840 to 1842. The ground floor held a commercial gallery, while the upper floors combined offices and flats from the start. A restoration completed in 1957 replaced the gallery's iron-and-glass ceiling with glass-concrete, and the 2011 restoration brought back the original roof.
The building connects to local literature through author Italo Svevo, who worked in a bank branch here and later referenced it in his writing. This literary tie gives the place a special role in the city's cultural memory.
The palace is freely accessible from the outside and can be explored on foot from all sides since its four wings form a connected ensemble. You can view the architecture and ornamental facades at any time, though the interior today houses businesses and private residences not typically open to visitors.
The gallery's iron-and-glass roof was demolished in 1957 and replaced with a glass-concrete structure; the 2011 restoration brought back the original covering. The ground floor housed a British army recreation club during the Free Territory of Trieste, and German forces occupied the building in World War II.
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