Palazzo della Borsa Vecchia

The current home of the Chamber of Commerce constitutes one of Trieste's most important examples of Neo-Classical architecture. The building presents itself as a Greek temple in doric style adorned with a spacious portico and four large columns and a bell tower at the top. On the ground floor of the facade, stand four 1806 statues, works of Venetian artists, representing Europe, Africa, (sculptured by Bartolomeo Ferrari), Asia (by Domenico Banti) and America (by Antonio Bosa, pupil of Canova). On the level with the windows on the nobles' floor however, the facade is decorated with statues depicting Vulcan and Mercury and on the balustrade we find the Danube, the genie of Trieste, Minerva and Neptune, protector of seafarers. This is one of the city's main piazzas and is next to the Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia, Trieste's life and soul: the Specchi, Tommaseo an Tergesteo cafes are all within a 100m radius.

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