Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
The Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne is a palace in Rome on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. In the Parione district. It got its name from the characteristic facade with the portico with a row of columns (Italian = column).
history
In ancient times believed that here was Odeon of Domitian . A column from him has been preserved on the back of the Palazzo Massimo, in the Piazza de'Massimi.
A palace of the Massimo family was first mentioned in 1462 as Domus Maximorum . This palace was burned down in 1527 at the Sacco di Roma .
From 1532 to 1536, Pietro Massimo had the palace rebuilt by Baldassare Peruzzi . It consists of a complex with two inner courtyards.
Exterior
The Palazzo Massimo consists of three parts. The curved facade along Corso Vittorio Emanuele II probably depicts the shape of the 1st century Odeium. The basement of the main facade opens into a portico with six columns arranged in pairs. The subsequent walls are structured by pairs of pilasters. Above the first main floor there are two mezzanines with small, almost square windows. With the rhythmically staged facade, Peruzzi broke the rules of the Renaissance and created one of the first Mannerist facades .
The facade was renovated in 2002.
Interior
In the entrance hall there is a richly designed stucco ceiling. The first courtyard is reached via a barrel vaulted corridor. In its center is a nymphaeum created in 1620 by Battista Rossi and Giovanni Battista Solari. Another corridor leads to the second courtyard with a baroque interior and two granite columns, which presumably come from the Temple of Isis . The Palazetto Massimo adjoining to the north essentially dates from the 15th century. The Germans Sweynheym and Pannartz set up their printing works in Rome there. On the occasion of Angelo Massimo's wedding to Antonietta Planca Incoronati, the palazetto was decorated with monochrome painting .
In the interior, which cannot be visited, the rich furnishings from the 16th century have been superbly preserved. The palace is still inhabited today by the Massimo family.
The miracle of Philipp Neri
In 1583, Saint Philip Neri is said to have visited fourteen-year-old Paolo Massimo, son of Prince Fabrizio Massimo, who had been seriously ill for months. However, on the day of Paolo's death, he was late. However, Neri is said to have succeeded in bringing the dead back to life through intense prayer in order to receive his confession before he finally died. The death room was converted into a chapel and is open to the public on the day of death on March 16.
literature
- Anton Henze: Art Guide Rome and Latium. Philipp Reclam, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-010402-5 .
- Ludovico Pratesi: Palazzi e Cortili di Roma. Editori Anthropos, Rome 1988.
- Heinrich Wurm: The Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1965, DNB 455772630 . (on-line)
swell
- ↑ Maresti Massimo in Il Mondragone. June 2007, p. 5. (PDF; 4.5 MB)
- ^ Heinrich Wurm: The Palazzo Massimo delle Colonne. P. 63.
Web links
- Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne. In: arch INFORM .
- Roma Segreta (Italian)
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 48 ″ N , 12 ° 28 ′ 25 ″ E