Palazzo Fugger Galasso, Mannerist palace in Trento, Italy

Palazzo Fugger Galasso is a Mannerist residence in Trento featuring two asymmetrical towers and ornate decorated windows. The facade showcases composite pilasters and framed openings that draw inspiration from the Fugger family crest.

Giorgio Fugger, a German merchant and banker, had the palace built on Via Lunga after marrying Elena Madruzzo in 1583. He commissioned architect and painter Pier Maria Bagnadore on condition that construction take no more than a year. The building was ready for Fugger in 1602, though not yet finished. In the first half of the 17th century Mattia Galasso, general of Ferdinand II, bought it and added the entrance portal with its balcony and Corinthian half-columns.

The chapel of the Anaunian Martyrs, dedicated to Saint Sisinnius, has its own entrance on Via Alfieri in the palace's left wing. Its vault carries rich Baroque stucco decoration from 1607, with friezes, flower-and-fruit festoons, putti and cameos framing paintings of the martyrs' lives by the palace's designer Pier Maria Bagnadore.

The palace occupies a full block between Via Lunga and Via Alfieri; the chapel of the Anaunian Martyrs has its own entrance from Via Alfieri, in the left wing. The inner courtyard, ringed by massive pillars, holds a central well. The ground floor is clad in light stone slabs imitating ashlar.

The structure was completed in just one year, sparking local tales of supernatural assistance. Townspeople nicknamed it the Devil's Palace due to the remarkably swift construction.