Palazzo Pichi Manfroni Lovatti

The present Palazzo Pichi Manfroni Lovatti is a copy of the original building by Gerolamo Pichi demolished in 1881 for the construction of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.

The ancient palace had been built at the end of the 15th century according to a design by Leon Battista Alberti between Via Papale, Via del Paradiso and Vicolo dei Bovari; during reconstruction work, the building was set back by 16 metres and raised, and a new façade was built by the engineer Ciriaco Salvatori, while the façades on Via dei Bovari and Via del Paradiso were saved, with the windows still bearing the inscription HIERONYMUS PICUS on the architrave. The 16th-century portal with the Pichi coat of arms, now located at the foot of the staircase, was also spared.

Numerous owners succeeded the Pichi: the Manfroni family in the seventeenth century, still owners in 1748, as can be seen on Nolli's plan, the Marquis Paleotti, the Lovatti family, the Banca Romana, who had the palace rebuilt, the Maggiorani and the Cecchini families.