Description
Palazzo Carciotti is the grand neoclassical palace at the mouth of Trieste's Grand Canal, on the waterfront: with its columns, statues and dome it is one of the most recognizable outlines along the seafront.
On the façade, six fluted Ionic columns rest on a rusticated base and support a balustrade with statues by Antonio Bosa, a follower in spirit of Canova. Above it all rises the dome on a tall drum, topped by an eagle.
It was commissioned by Demetrio Carciotti, a Greek merchant who grew rich trading cloth from Bohemia, bought five houses on the canal and entrusted the design to Matteo Pertsch in 1798. The statues speak of him: there is Athena, protector of weaving, and there is Abundance. His name is written on the entablature, DEMETRIO CARCIOTTI MDCCC.
In 1831 the palace became the first headquarters of Assicurazioni Generali. In 1918 the Austrians, hunting for metal for the war, stripped the copper that covered the dome.
On the façade, six fluted Ionic columns rest on a rusticated base and support a balustrade with statues by Antonio Bosa, a follower in spirit of Canova. Above it all rises the dome on a tall drum, topped by an eagle.
It was commissioned by Demetrio Carciotti, a Greek merchant who grew rich trading cloth from Bohemia, bought five houses on the canal and entrusted the design to Matteo Pertsch in 1798. The statues speak of him: there is Athena, protector of weaving, and there is Abundance. His name is written on the entablature, DEMETRIO CARCIOTTI MDCCC.
In 1831 the palace became the first headquarters of Assicurazioni Generali. In 1918 the Austrians, hunting for metal for the war, stripped the copper that covered the dome.