Palais Campofranco, Cultural heritage monument in Via della Mostra, Bolzano, Italy.
Palais Campofranco is a house in central Bozen, standing between Mustergasse and Waltherplatz and protected as a monument since 1952. Its courtyard links the two streets through gates facing east and west. The tract facing Waltherplatz was built in the early 20th century to designs by the Munich architects Alois and Gustav Ludwig; a 2019–2021 restoration added a basement level and rooftop terrace.
The palace began with the Florentine banking family Botsch, who came to Bozen around 1300 as merchants and moneylenders and were ennobled in 1342. After the Botsch died out in 1637, the Bozen merchant family Mayrl rebuilt it as a Baroque palace in 1764. Archduke Rainer bought it in 1848 as a retirement residence and lived there until his death in 1853; it is named after his granddaughter, Princess Campofranco, who occupied it until 1936.
The palace is named after Princess Campofranco, granddaughter of Archduke Rainer, who lived here until 1936. From the 1990s until the restoration, the courtyard opened each year as part of Bozen's Christmas market. Since 2021 the courtyard and parts of the building have been open all year as shops and restaurants.
The palace is located in the old town and is easy to reach on foot with multiple entrances on different sides. Different shops and restaurants inside operate on varying schedules, so it is helpful to check ahead before visiting a specific venue.
The ginkgo in the courtyard, about 160 years old when the 2019–2021 restoration began, was a gift from Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary to her uncle Heinrich. During the underground works it was enclosed together with its soil, which raised the project's cost and duration.
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