Early
sixteenth century for Cardinal Francesco Armellini Medici treasurer of Clement
VII Medici (1523/34) over a building of the previous century
Armellini
was a Cardinal very powerful but hated for the taxes he imposed. During the
sack of Rome in 1527 he fled to Castel Sant'Angelo and he entered it lifted in
a basket. He died soon after of a broken heart
Paul III
Farnese (1534/49) gave the palace to various relatives of his
1545/50
arrangement of the GARDEN maybe by Guidetto Guidetti
(about 1498/1564) for the collection of antiquities of Cardinal Federico Cesi
to whom family the palace had passed
The Cesi
family had it restored in the years 1570/77 by Martino
Longhi the Elder (1534/91)
Cardinal
Pier Donato Cesi turned it into a museum of antiquities and art objects
of which only a marble ancient “Lion's Head” remains, nestled in the upper part of the corner
with Via Pfeiffer
The palace
is now the property of the Salvatorians Fathers
The frescoes
inside the building were painted in the years 1930/50
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