Begun in about 1480 maybe by Baccio
Pontelli (about 1450/92) for Cardinal Domenico Della Rovere from Turin,
distant cousin of Sixtus IV Della Rovere (1471/84)
It hosted
the King of France Charles VIII in 1495
After the
death of Domenico Della Rovere in 1501 it went to Cardinal Francesco Alidosi
who, suspected of treason, was assassinated in 1511 by the Duke of Urbino Francesco
Maria Della Rovere, who later lived in the palace himself
Later it
belonged to Cardinal Giovanni Salviati
It took its
present name for the confessors transferred here by Alexander VII Chigi
(1655/67)
Now it is
the HOTEL COLUMBUS and the headquarters of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher
of Jerusalem
Ceiling of
the ROOM OF THE DEMIGODS in the right wing with frescoes of mythological
figures maybe by Bernardino di Betto aka Pinturicchio
(1454/1513) who had also painted the façade with decorations now obviously
disappeared
In the
other four rooms on the first floor decorations also maybe by
Pinturicchio and his school
On the
second floor ROOM OF APOLLO with fresco in the ceiling “Apollo driving the
horses of the Sun” painted in 1552 maybe by Francesco de' Rossi aka Francesco Salviati (1510/63) for Cardinal Giovanni
Salviati
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