The Mercantile Palace in Bolzano was built in Baroque style between 1708 and 1727 on a design by the architect Francesco Perotti of Verona, and was originally used as the headquarters of the Mercantile Court and the Mercantile Magistracy.
In addition to the administrative functions it carried out for the town’s merchants, the Palace (located between Via Argentieri and Via dei Portici) also played an important social role: it was the symbol of the impressive economic growth of Bolzano, thanks to the particular privileges deriving from the fairs held there. The Palace later housed the Chamber of Commerce, which remained there until 1979.
Today the building is home to the Mercantile Museum, featuring a magnificent collection of original documents, paintings and furnishings from the 17th and 18th centuries that illustrate the economic history of a region situated at a strategic point on the trade routes that crossed the Alps. Within the limits set by the regulations governing national monuments, there are many places here suitable for filming, in particular the large porticoed courtyard and the staircase leading to the Hall of Honour, the small inner courtyard with a skylight window, the Chancellery with its original furnishings, the meeting room and the Hall of Honour, featuring a frescoed ceiling and a magnificent collection of paintings.
IDM Film Fund & Commission — Alto Adige
Via del Macello, 73 — 39100 Bolzano
Phone: +39 0471 094 294
Email: luisa.giuliani@idm-suedtirol.com
Shooting autorisation: Handelskammer Bozen / Camera di commercio di Bolzano, Andrea Bertoli, Südtiroler Straße 60 / via Alto Adige 60, 39100 Bozen / Bolzano, T +39 0471 945617, E bertoli@handelskammer.bz.it
