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Palazzo Farnese ([paˈlattso farˈneːze,-eːse]) or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in 1936 for a period of 99 years, and currently serves as the French embassy in Italy.
Off the square, there are eight streets and alleys, of which the most important is via di Monserrato.The most important buildings that overlook, beyond Palazzo Farnese, are the church and the convent of Santa Brigida, the palace of the Rooster of Roccagiovane, in front of Palazzo Farnese between Baullari and via della Corda, and Palazzo Mandosi Mignanelli on the right, in the corner with ...
The granite stone basins of the fountains are believed to come from the ancient Roman Baths of Caracalla.The emblems on the upper part of the fountain are those of the Farnese family, and the builder of the Palazzo, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, later Pope Paul III.
Annibale Carracci. The Farnese Gallery, Rome. New York: George Braziller. ISBN 978-0-8076-1316-0. OCLC 31969918. Martin, John Rupert (1965). The Farnese Gallery. Princeton University Press. OCLC 523316.
The Camerino Farnese is a Fresco cycle (a series of frescos done about a particular subject) that emerged from the decision to paint the ceiling of the Camerino in Rome, before the summer of 1595. The Camerino is on the first, or principal, floor of the Palazzo Farnese , and measures slightly more than fifteen by thirty feet.
The Sala dei Cento Giorni ("Room of 100 Days") is the largest reception room, the Salone d'Onore on the piano nobile, of the Palazzo della Cancelleria or Chancellery in Central Rome, Italy. The frescoes by Giorgio Vasari and his studio in 1547, epitomize the Mannerist style. Supposedly they were completed in a hundred days.
The villa became the property of the Farnese family in 1577 (hence the name of Farnesina). Also in the 16th century, Michelangelo proposed linking the Palazzo Farnese on the other side of the River Tiber, where he was working, to the Villa Farnesina with a private bridge. This was initiated, as remnants of a few arches are present in the back ...
The Palazzo Fusconi-Pighini is a Renaissance-style palace located on Piazza Farnese #44 in the rione Regola of central Rome, ... Palazzo Farnese: Landmarks of Rome