Palazzo Haggi — Apt. 9 · 127 sqm · floor 5 · San Vito, Trieste

Apartment 9 crowns Palazzo Haggi: fifth and top floor, 127 commercial square metres, the largest plan in the development and a penthouse in the full sense. You step into a living area of roughly 38 square metres — a single, open room for living and entertaining — off which two bedrooms and two bathrooms are arranged. The centre of the home, though, is outside: a terrace of about 48 square metres with views over the sea and the city, outdoor space that at this height in the historic centre is genuinely rare. Top floor means light from every side and nobody above or across.

The building was designed by Ruggero Berlam, behind some of Trieste's most recognisable architecture. The neo-medieval façades — projecting string courses, columns, capitals — are listed by the Soprintendenza and back in their original colours, with the historic stone entrance hall and staircase restored. Behind the period front sits a building rebuilt from the inside out, fully seismically upgraded and energy-retrofitted. The district is San Vito, five minutes on foot from Piazza Cavana and seven from Piazza Unità d'Italia.

A high-efficiency air-to-water inverter heat pump with a condensing boiler for hot water, underfloor heating, split cooling, rooftop photovoltaics and a hydraulic lift. Parador Oak Bardolino Natural herringbone parquet; Cerdomus Tibur 60x120 stoneware bathrooms, SDR Terra Quadra sanitaryware, Treemme taps; Garofoli Mirabilia doors; double-glazed timber windows (white inside, walnut outside); a reinforced entrance door. The energy certificate follows on completion.

The sale carries VAT (4% primary residence, 10% second home) on top of the 625,000-euro price, with the Art. 16-bis TUIR renovation deduction over ten yearly instalments (on 25% of the price, at the rate and spending cap of the year of the deed). A penthouse with a panoramic terrace seven minutes from Piazza Unità also reads strongly for short-term and premium tourist letting under the 10% cedolare secca flat tax; TriesteVillas has managed prestige rentals in Trieste since 2013. Turnkey handover to be agreed, works in progress. The ground-floor garages are sold; cellars and parking remain available at Via Giustinelli 13. The images are the developer's CGI renders — 3D scans and site visits on request.