The
Palazzo Attems Petzenstein, situated in the city centre near Piazza della Vittoria, was erected by the Attems family in the first half of the eighteenth-century.
The structure, built to the design of architect Nicolò Pacassi, characterized by a style of transition between Baroque and Rococo, underwent Neoclassical renovation in the first half of the nineteenth century, making the original features of the façade unrecognizable. The seven statues that surmount it, representing subjects of the Olympus, are by sculptor Giovanni Battista Mazzoleni from Bergamo.
The historical and artistic heritage of this building, besides being represented by the various stuccos and frescoes dating back to the late eighteenth century and to the nineteenth century, is also enhanced by the painting depicting "The gods of the Olympus" on the ceiling of the large hall, attributed to painter Antonio Paroli (1745).
Interesting is also the Italian-style inner garden with, at its centre, the fountain of Hercules, which was originally situated in the square overlooked by the palace, Piazza De Amicis.
The Picture Gallery of the Palazzo Attems Petzenstein can boast works of art by some eighteenth-century masters from Veneto, many nineteenth-century portraits (among which some paintings by Giuseppe Tominz) and a collection of twentieth-century works (Italico Brass, Luigi Spazzapan, Tullio Crali and Vittorio Bolaffio).
