Built by
incorporating the existing villa of Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, later
property of the Sforza family and known as Villa Sforza
Cardinal
Francesco Barberini bought it from the Sforza family in 1625 and Carlo Maderno (1556/1629) began the construction of
the palace in the years 1625/29 by
After the
death of Carlo Maderno, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
(1598/1680) took over the direction of the work in the years 1629/1633 and
retained the original design conceiving, however, the central hall, the
windowed loggia and the large square staircase
Francesco
Borromini (1599/1667)
participated in the works designing two windows in the central part of the top
floor, the side wings, some decorative elements and the SPIRAL STAIRCASE
The actual
Borromini's contribution to the works led by Bernini, however, is still the
subject of academic debate
“The
derivation from the windows in the attic of Maderno's façade of St. Peter's is
obvious, but the ears-shaped wavy streamers attached to them, as well as the
segmented upper part with ends pointing outward with an angle of 45 degrees are
characteristic of Borromini's dynamic interpretation of details. Here it is
already possible to see the creative force that imparts an inexplicable
strength to any shape and configuration” (Rudolf Wittkower)
RAILING
1864 Francesco Azzurri (1831/1901) with TELAMONS
by Adamo Tadolini (1788/1868)
The FOUNTAIN
in front of the palace is by Francesco Azzurri
In the area
of the building the ancient TEMPLE OF
QUIRINUS was situated
At the end
of the rear ramp “Ruined Bridge” by Gian Lorenzo
Bernini and “Bertel Thorvaldsen Monument” (1770/1844) who had his study
on the top floor of the former theater from 1822 to 1834
Top floor
home of the ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI NUMISMATICA (Italian Institute of Coins)
Villa Savorgnan de Brazzà
Villa Savorgnan de Brazzà
1936 Gustavo Giovannoni (1873/1947)
and Marcello Piacentini (1881/1960)
Under the
villa ruins of rooms of the second century AD in bricks including MITHRAEUM
with fresco (the only one painted in Rome together with the one of S. Prisca)
with “Mithra slaying the bull” and smaller panels on the sides
with scenes of the god's myth
At n°18 in Via Barberini former BARBERINI THEATREThe
original theater built in 1634 with a façade by Pietro Da Cortona was destroyed
and rebuilt in 1932 by Marcello Piacentini using
some original architectural elements
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