Castello del Buonconsiglio monumenti e collezioni provinciali

Stua della Famea

This room, called Stua della Famea in the 16th century, was used as dining room for the family (famea), or as the bishop’s court.

The frescoes in this room were carried out between 1531 and 1532 by Dosso and Battista Dossi. The centre of the vault is painted with Bernardo Cles’s symbolic representation, the seven sceptres tied in a bundle – the distinctive emblem for Unitas – set in a large garland of leaves and fruit; the family and principality’s coats of arms are depicted in the corners of the room. Images of ancient damaged sculptures, represented as archaeological finds, are frescoed in monochrome in the pendentives, while some of the more famous fables by Phaedrus and Aesop, set in charming landscapes, are represented in the lunettes.

The room is also known as “the Tribunal” because it was here that the Trentino irredentist Cesare Battisti was tried and condemned to death during the World War I.

From here one continues on to the first floor of the Giunta Albertiana.

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