1888/89 Luca Carimini (1830/90)
Last palace
to be built for noble Roman families, along with Palazzo
Brancaccio also by Carimini
It is now
the headquarters of the ISTITUTO POLACCO DI ROMA (Polish Roman Institute) whose
main objective is the dissemination of the culture and history of Poland, as
well as the fostering of dialogue between Poland and Italy in the field of
culture, education, research and social life
On the
ground floor there is the excellent ANTONINI PASTRY SHOP, formerly Ruschena
“Carimini
was among those who posed the problem of inventing a style befitting the new
buildings of Rome new Italian Capital. From a first love for the Middle Ages,
he passed to a strong interest in the architecture of the fourteen hundreds,
finally locating in Sangallo (the Younger), one of great inspirations for an
architecture apt to the new task of the city. He had a great sensitivity for
materials, a direct result of his beginnings as a stonemason, and he used it
both in his religious and civic architecture. (...) It has been reported that
the activity of Carimini should be seen in the so-called 'clerical wing' of
Roman architecture, with his late adoption of that primitive fourteen hundreds
style that had emerged in the mid-nineteenth century. Among other technicians
close to the papal court (Busiri and Vespignani) he is described as a belated
exponent of purism in architecture” (Cultural Association Itinera -
www.itinera.biz)
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