L’Amphithéâtre Flavio (Colisée)


Once the Renaissance residence of the court of Pius IV and since 1929, after the signing of the Lateran Pacts, the seat of the Embassy of the Italian Republic to the Holy See.
The palace was built in 1576-1583 for Ascanio Caffarelli by Gregorio Canonica, a pupil of Vignola.
The building was ordered by Quintino Sella at the end of the 19th century to host the Regio Ufficio Geologico (Royal Geological Office) and the relative Museo Agrario-Geologico (Agricultural-Geolog
[...]On the ground floor there is an exceptionally well-preserved section of the Servian wall, consisting of a beautiful arch in tuff ashlar, belonging to a ballistic chamber, perhaps for catapults from
[...]The palace, located in the square of the same name, within the territory of the Colonna district, is a 15th-century building, the only example in the city of the Roman Capitoline architectural styl
[...]The palace was built in 1592 by Francesco da Volterra.
Il palazzo è costruito nel 1676 dall’architetto Giovanni Antonio De Rossi.
The palace was the property of the family of Beatrice Cenci, who was accused together with her brothers and stepmother of witchcraft and the murder of their father.
The palace was built by the Petroni family in 1536. In the 18th century the palace passed to the Cenci-Bolognetti family.
The palace was built by the Gaddi, a wealthy family of Florentine merchants, at the beginning of the 16th century and shortly afterwards purchased by the Cesi, a noble family of Umbrian origin.
Built around the middle of the 16th century for Costanzo Patrizi, treasurer of Paolo III Farnese, it was bought in 1578 by the Costaguti family, descendants of Genoese bankers.
Built between 1714 and 1724 after the design of Alessandro Specchi (1668-1729) for marquis Livio De Carolis, it was bought in 1750 by the Society of Jesus that rent it to different families.
The Palazzo degli Esami is a rationalist-style building located at number 4 Via Girolamo Induno, in the Trastevere district of Rome.
In the beginning the building was in piazza Rusticucci in the Borgo district.
The palace was built by Giuliano da Sangallo from 1478 for Card.
The building was chosen as the seat for the Papal Mint by Julius II Della Rovere (1503-1513), who adapted a pre-existing building to its new function, probably by Bramante.
Il Palazzo dell'Agricoltura sorge nel quartiere sallustiano in via XX Settembre per ospitare l'allora Ministero dell'Agricoltura, Industria e Commercio.
The building was designed by the architects Ignazio Guidi, Cesare Valle and Vincenzo Fasolo (who worked on Valle's projects) on the site of the hospice of Santa Galla and the old church, commission
[...]Commissioned by Mussolini to house the Ministry for Italian Africa, the building was designed in 1938 by architects Vittorio Cafiero and Mario Ridolfi.
Built by Lorenzo Lotti (known as Lorenzetto, a sculptor and architect linked to Raphael) around 1517, the palace has the name of Cardinal Andrea della Valle carved above the austere main door.
The Army Palace is a palace in Rome located in via Venti Settembre 123, in the Castro Pretorio district.
The palace was built in the sixteenth century by the Paluzzi Albertoni family; in the middle of the century it passed into the hands of the Gottardi family and was sold to Mario Fani, who in the la
[...]The building, the historic core of which dates back to the 13th century, was completely rebuilt in the 15th century as the seat of the Cardinals of the church of S. Lorenzo in Lucina.
In 1528, the Florentine banker Luigi Taddeo Gaddi bought a modest house in Via del Banco di Santo Spirito from the Strozzi family, on the site of which he immediately built the family palace, using
[...]The current Palazzo Ginnasi is the building that replaces the old Palazzo Ginnasi, partially demolished between 1935 and 1940 when the street was widened, of which it still retains the two coats of
[...]Palazzo Incontro is a historic building in Rome, located in the Campo Marzio district, built in the second half of the 18th century, exactly in 1765 by the architect Giovanni Paolo Burij.
It was build at the end of the 16th century by Cardinal Scipione Lancellotti, who commissioned it to Francesco da Volterra and was completed by Carlo Maderno.
The palace dates back to the early seventeenth century and belonged to the Maccarani family; in the second half of the 17th century it was purchased by the Odescalchi Princes, who still own it, and
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