Salone degli Incanti

Built in 1913, by architect George Chickens, the former Fish Market is a stately, and elegant building overlooking Riva Nazario Sauro. The architect has managed to combine functional purpose with gorgeous aesthetics in a building that draws visitors' attention. It looks rather like a church; of particular interest are the ancient structures in iron, glass, and green decorative stone. What looks like a bell tower (currently under restoration) is actually a water tower for lifting of sea water, essential at a time when refrigerators were not so common. Today it is no longer the fish market, but is