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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