Description
Trieste's Museo Petrarchesco Piccolomineo holds books, manuscripts and images about two great figures of the Renaissance: the poet Francesco Petrarca and Enea Silvio Piccolomini, bishop of Trieste from 1447 to 1450 and later Pope Pius II. It is a stop for lovers of old books.
The display cases show manuscripts and incunabula, the first printed books from the second half of the 15th century, along with prints, drawings, paintings, miniatures and medals. In number of editions, it is the richest Petrarch collection in Italy.
The collection was left to the city in 1842 by Domenico Rossetti, a lawyer and driving force of Trieste's cultural life, who wanted to spread Italian culture and knowledge of its history. It is part of the civic libraries, like the museums devoted to Svevo and Joyce.
The display cases show manuscripts and incunabula, the first printed books from the second half of the 15th century, along with prints, drawings, paintings, miniatures and medals. In number of editions, it is the richest Petrarch collection in Italy.
The collection was left to the city in 1842 by Domenico Rossetti, a lawyer and driving force of Trieste's cultural life, who wanted to spread Italian culture and knowledge of its history. It is part of the civic libraries, like the museums devoted to Svevo and Joyce.