Palazzo Salvadori is a

palazzo A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

, northern

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, one of the first examples of

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civil architecture in the city.

History

It was built by the Lombard master Lucio Tosani, during the reign of Prince-Bishop

Bernardo Clesio Bernardo Clesio (; 1 March 1484 – 30 July 1539) was an Italian Cardinal, bishop, diplomat, humanist and botanist. Born in Cles, in the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, today Trentino, he graduated from the University of Bologna. He later became Prin ...

, starting in 1515. Designed by the architect Lucio Tosani, the building is placed on the foundation of the old

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of the small Jewish community present in the city. For a long time belonged to the family of Trautmannsdorf, now the building presentes two main doors on which there are still two medallions, dating from the first half of the eighteenth century, painted by Francesco Oradini; representing the supposed martyrdom of the child Simonino from Trento. The child was alleged to be the victim of a Jewish ritual murder during the Easter of 1475. In the aftermath of the child's death, 15 Jews were blamed and burnt at the stake, and the remaining Jewish families of Trento were expelled. Simonino was venerated as Blessed until 1965, but after the second Vatican council the worship was banned. Around the mid-18th century above the two portals were placed the marble reliefs by Francesco Oradini depicting the purported

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dom of the child Simone (

Simon of Trent Simon of Trent (german: Simon von Trient, also known as Simon Unverdorben (meaning Simon Immaculate in German); it, Simonino di Trento), also known as Simeon (1472–1475), was a boy from the city of Trent (now Trento in northern Italy), in the ...

). This boy was the alleged ritual victim of

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residents of Trento on Easter 1475.

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Antisemitism in Italy Buildings and structures in Trento Salvadori Renaissance architecture in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol {{Italy-palace-stub