The Geremia palace, pearl of Renaissance Trento, was built in the late fifteenth century as the residence of Giovanni Antonio Pona, son of the Veronese nobleman Geremia Pona, and his wife Elisabetta Calepini. The dwelling is made up of three distinct buildings: the main building, which overlooks Via Belenzani (the ancient Contrada Larga); the median body, separated from the first by a courtyard, which can be accessed through a vast entrance hall and a portico; the third is a service building, lower and modest, overlooking Via delle Orfane (the ancient Via dei Forni) and the palace garden. The first two bodies are the result of the changes made at the end of the fifteenth century to medieval building units, redefined according to the aesthetic canons of the Italian Renaissance. The presence, in the portico, of a fresco depicting the emblem of Udalrico Lichtenstein, prince bishop of Trento from 1493 to 1505, provides the chronological details of the architectural modernization. The third body was probably erected a few years later and is characterized by a small bow-shaped tealight holder. The Jeremiah lived in the palace for over three centuries and actively participated in the city government as consuls. Purchased by the municipal administration in 1912, it is today the representative seat of the Municipality of Trento.
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