Built in the sixteenth
century. The exact date and the name of the architect are unknown
Renovated 1854/69 by Andrea Busiri Vici (1818/1911) for Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli,
who never actually lived here, preferring his other palace on Via di Monserrato
now known as Palazzo
Capponi Antonelli
It was used to store
the valuable and rare collection of sixteenth century precious stones owned by
the family
It was also renovated
in 1875 for the opening of Via Nazionale when the garden ended up being wiped
out
Now there are offices
of the Bank of Italy, which owns the property
At the
end of the atrium there is a section of the Servian Wall dating back
to 378 BC with an arch of tufa blocks forming part of a room for ballistic
catapults
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