Palazzo Pamphilj
The Palazzo Pamphilj or Palazzo Pamphili is a palace in Piazza Navona in Rome . It was built between 1644 and 1650 in the high baroque style.
In 1470 Antonio Pamphilj bought three houses in the south-west corner of the square. When his descendant Giovanni Battista Pamphilj was elected Pope Innocent X (1644-55) in 1644, Girolamo Rainaldi and later Francesco Borromini were commissioned to develop the property into the new Palazzo Pamphilj. Girolamo Rainaldi built the facade. The adjacent gallery (ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona ), the great hall and the oval staircase were created by Francesco Borromini. Innocent X gave the palace to his sister-in-law Olimpia Maidalchini , who also exerted great political influence on him.
There are numerous frescoes in 23 rooms, for example by Giacinto Gemignani , Francesco Cozza , Gaspard Dughet and Pier Francesco Mola . The rooms are built high and richly decorated. The building has three inner courtyards . 1652-72 the palace church of Sant 'Agnese in Agone was included in the building complex.
The Palazzo Pamphilj has served as an official building for the Brazilian embassy in Italy since 1920 . The land acquired the building in 1961.
Another palace of the family is the Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj , also in Rome. Another Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj is in Valmontone ( metropolitan city of Rome ).
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Ludovico Pratesi: Palazzi e Cortili di Roma. Editori Anthropos, Rome 1988, p. 163 ff
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Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 54 ″ N , 12 ° 28 ′ 22 ″ E