Mercantile Museum
.JPG) |
|
| Data | |
|---|---|
| place | Bolzano |
| opening | 1998 |
| operator | |
| management |
Oswald Lechner
|
The Mercantile Museum houses the economic history of Bolzano with collections of documents, paintings and furnishings from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is located in the Mercantile Building, the former seat of the Mercantile Magistrate established in 1635 . After its dissolution, the building was the seat of the Bozen Chamber of Commerce from 1851 to 1979 .
main emphasis
Bolzano was founded around 1170 as an international marketplace. Thanks to its favorable traffic situation, Bolzano developed into the most important trading center in Tyrol . From the 13th to the 19th century, merchants from Germany and Italy met four times a year in this city. The mercantile building embodies the climax of a long and traditional trading activity, which Bolzano has seen for centuries as the center of the exchange of goods, foreign currency and people. Here was from 1716 to 1851 the seat of Merkantilmagistrats, ie the fair court, which Bolzano privilege of Tyrolean country Princess Archduchess Claudia de Medici in 1635 was to help to the trade in the city to new heights. The museum tour leads through the premises of the building: original furniture, a rich collection of paintings and documents. The heart of the building is the magnificent hall of honor, the courtroom of the mercantile magistrate.
history
The mercantile building in Bozen's Silbergasse was built between 1708 and 1716 according to plans by the Veronese architect Francesco Perotto. It is the only Renaissance building in Bolzano. While the auction room on the ground floor is very simple, the courtroom on the floor above has been superbly equipped.
See also
literature
- Bozen Chamber of Commerce: Mercantile Museum Bozen , catalog, Bozen 1998
- Bozen Chamber of Commerce: The Menz family and the city of Bozen , catalog, Bozen 2009
- Bozen Chamber of Commerce: The old post office in Bozen , catalog, Bozen 2012
- Martin Mittermair and others: The medieval cellars of the mercantile building in Bozen - Le cantine medioevali di Palazzo Mercantile a Bolzano . Bolzano: Mercantile Museum Bolzano 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Stampfer : The Mercantile Building in the Mercantile Museum Bozen, catalog, Bozen 1998, p. 77
Web links
- Description of the Mercantile Museum
- Entry on the mercantile building in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ′ 56.9 ″ N , 11 ° 21 ′ 15.2 ″ E