Revoltella Museum in Trieste

The Revoltella Museum is the civic modern and contemporary art gallery.
The baron, Pasquale Revoltella, an interesting personality of great importance in Trieste of the 19th century, built his palazzo in the mid 19th century, in the historic center, which was used both as a home as well as a place for the exhibition of his art collections. 
In 1872 the Gallery of modern art was founded and upon his death left to the citizens. Afterwards the city purchased the Brunner palazzo, and then the Basevi palazzo, next to each other, and after a long time and numerous controversies, in 1963 it was trusted to the famous architect, Carlo Scarpa, to restructure and connect them, and at the first, to create the museum collections, by now notably grown. This undertaking of the enlargement of the Museum, among changing fortunes and a cycle of designers, was concluded in 1992.
Think however: in five years, from 1853 to 1858 Palazzo Revoltella was constructed, magnificently decorated and furnished, in twenty-nine they managed to restructure it anew.
Having said this the visit to the Gallery is interesting, both for the floor of the costumes, which you see in its entirety a noble Palazzo from the 19th century, and for the important collection of painters and sculptors from Trieste, artists of notable value but often more known in Mid-Europe than in Italy.
Despite the long work even the new layout is nice and from above on the terrace of the Museum there is a beautiful view of the city.