Large period apartment, Piazza della Valle — Old Town

On the second-to-top floor of a historic building in Trieste's Old Town — an 1854 palazzo by the architect Berlam, its communal areas restored and now free of architectural barriers, served by a lift.

The apartment covers 344 sqm. A conservation-led restoration has preserved features of real value: working nineteenth-century majolica stoves, glazed doors, Venetian marmorino and inlaid-wood floors, period ceiling frescoes. The main reception room looks onto Piazza della Valle; alongside it are a separate dining room and an eat-in kitchen fitted with Minimal furnishings. There are three double bedrooms and a generous study that works equally well as a home gym or office, plus three bathrooms — two full, one for guests.

A private wellness area adds a Finnish sauna, a Turkish bath and a whirlpool tub. Further spaces include a storeroom, a plant room for the systems (boiler, air conditioning, cooling), a loggia and a second balcony facing the internal courtyard, together with a high-ceilinged cellar and a private attic. The home is partly furnished with bespoke pieces; parking can be found close by.

Independent heating and cooling from an air-to-water heat pump backed by a condensing boiler (systems installed in 2023). Energy class A2, non-renewable global energy performance index 42.22 kWh/m² a year; energy performance certificate valid until 18 May 2035. Price €1,280,000.