Tuesday, November 24, 2015

ALBANI DEL DRAGO PALACE

PALAZZO ALBANI DEL DRAGO

1587/90 Domenico Fontana (1543/1607) for Muzio Mattei
Completed and extended along Via XX Settembre (known then as Strada Pia) from 1707 onwards by Alessandro Specchi (1668/1729) for Cardinal Alessandro Albani, with the addition of the lookout tower
In mid-1800 it was acquired by Queen Maria Cristina widow of Ferdinand VII of Spain, and, at her death, by the Prince Del Drago
Now it is the property of the company Servizi Interbancari, provider of Italian credit card services
In the corner of the crossroad of the Four Fountains there is the fountain with a lion representing the Arno River
Frescoes by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691/1765) and Giovanni Odazzi (1663/1731)
In a room on the second floor there are frescoes copies of those found in ancient tomb of the Nasonii on Via Flaminia

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