Palazzo Del Bene, Renaissance palace in Rovereto, Italy.
Palazzo Del Bene is a Renaissance palace at Piazza Rosmini featuring painted decorations depicting seasonal themes and vaulted ceilings adorned with garlands and pomegranates. The interior spaces present a carefully crafted architectural composition with rich decorative detail.
Built in the 15th century as a residence outside Rovereto's walls by the Del Bene family, the palace passed to the counts d'Arco, who enlarged it, and in the 17th century to the nuns of San Carlo Borromeo, who rented it out. The city bought it and from 1877 to 1904 it housed the central post office; in 1904 it went to the Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto. Augusto Sezanne's 1906 renovation gave it its present look.
The building is also known as Palazzo Del Ben - Conti d'Arco, after the families who owned it. On one side of the facade, in the small square at the start of Via Orefici, a Madonna with Child by Francesco Verla can still be seen, the only element that survived the 1906 rebuilding of the facades.
The palace is centrally located at Piazza Rosmini and easy to reach on foot. It is best to contact the foundation beforehand to confirm current exhibitions or opening hours.
The 1906 renovation by Augusto Sezanne erased most of the building's historic appearance; architect Mario Sandonà called it an "artistic disaster". Only a Madonna with Child by Francesco Verla survived, still visible on a side of the facade in the small square at the start of via Orefici.
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