Apartment in an 1898 palazzo on the square of Trieste's Synagogue

An 1898 building on Piazza Virgilio Giotti, in the Borgo Franceschino, the district laid out between 1796 and 1800 along Via San Francesco. A rusticated base, an arched wooden front door, an entrance hall floored in geometric patterns: the City of Trieste's detailed plan for the historic centre lists the façade, the entrance hall and the staircase as the building's features of merit. Across the square stands the Synagogue, inaugurated in 1912.

The apartment is on the second floor, with a lift: 134 m² by the land registry, ceilings 3.55 m high in the living area, and two sides, each with a character of its own. The 3D tour at the top of the page walks you through it room by room.

Daytime faces Via Zanetti. Living room and kitchen are joined by an arch, and from the windows the Synagogue appears at an angle. The window frames are of good quality: with the windows shut, the street cannot be heard.

Night-time belongs to the inner courtyard, where a large tree and plenty of space before the building opposite let in light and quiet. On this side: the main bedroom, a second bedroom, the study, two bathrooms and a storeroom with the laundry.

Renovated in 2010–2011, the home has been furnished with taste, and the details show it:

inlaid parquet with borders in the living area, oak in the sleeping area;

period wooden doors with etched glass;

many made-to-measure wardrobes;

a lacquered kitchen with induction hob, two column ovens and a wine cooler;

one bathroom with a bathtub, the other with a mosaic shower and a stone washbasin;

in the bedroom, a wall finished in Venetian plaster.

The kitchen and most of the furniture are included in the price.

Virgilio Giotti, the poet of the Trieste dialect who gives the square its name, was among the regulars of Caffè San Marco, opened in 1914 at the end of Via Zanetti, three minutes on foot: the same café that gives its name to the first chapter of Claudio Magris's Microcosms. The poet's bust stands in the Giardino Pubblico, four minutes away; four minutes also bring you to the pedestrian stretch of Viale XX Settembre, with its cinemas and the Politeama Rossetti theatre. The sea is 15 minutes away, Piazza Unità 18.

On the third floor there is an attic room for storage (height from 1.40 to 3.00 m). Independent gas heating, with a boiler from 2010 serviced in December 2025; one air conditioner. Building charges are about €58 a month, lift included; heating is paid separately. The building rents out a room it owns, and the rent lightens the shared costs.

The car can stay in the Foro Ulpiano garage next to the Courthouse: 694 spaces, open 24 hours a day, 3 minutes on foot, with monthly passes at around €150.

The energy performance certificate is in progress and will be published as soon as it is available.

Price: €435,000.