Palazzo di Propaganda Fide
The Palazzo di Propaganda Fide is a palace in Rome , located in the Rione Colonna , on the Piazza di Spagna .
history
The building is the seat of the Jesuit College in Vatican City and originally served as the seat of the Jesuit- led Congregation for the Propaganda of the Faith ("de Propaganda Fide"), which was founded in 1622.
Originally commissioned as an architect, Gian Lorenzo Bernini was replaced by Francesco Borromini in 1646 , as his style was preferred by his patron Innocent X. Borromini's design of the facade is structured by mighty pilasters , between which the windows on the first floor are offset inward, while the central yoke arches forward. A strip separates the ground floor from the first floor, but the cornice of the central yoke swings inwards again. This artistically and architecturally generated unrest is considered an exemplary achievement of the Baroque in Rome .
The building, which is not open to the public, now houses a Jesuit college, which was founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. founded Collegio de Propaganda Fide . Borromini built the Cappella dei Re Magi (Chapel of the Three Kings).
Since the Lateran Treaty was signed in 1929, the palace has been in the extraterritorial possession of the Holy See .
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Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 14.9 ″ N , 12 ° 29 ′ 0.9 ″ E