1449/51 for
Cardinal Domenico Capranica who incorporated existing buildings and the Chapel
of St. Agnes
Along with Palazzo
Venezia it is the first Roman Renaissance palace
Restored in about 1660 by Giovanni
Antonio De Rossi (1616/95)
The SECOND
FLOOR was built at the beginning of the eighteenth century
Restructured in 1955 by Giuseppe
Breccia Fratadocchi (1898/1955) for Pius XII Pacelli (1939/58). It was the architect was also
rebuilt the Abbey of Monte Cassino
Chapel
of St. Agnes
1775,
rebuilt in 1955 by Giuseppe Breccia Fratadocchi
Panel “Madonna and Child with two saints and the Capranica
cardinals”
1451 Antonio Aquili aka Antoniazzo Romano (about
1435-40/1508) and workshop
In the
sacristy there is the Cappellina della Madonna (Small Chapel of the
Virgin Mary) and the detached fresco “Madonna and Child” by Antonio Aquili aka Antoniazzo Romano and workshop
Almo
Collegio Capranica
It plays a
primary role in the education of the clergy and two of his former students have
become popes: Benedict XV Della Chiesa (1914/22) and Pius XII Pacelli (1939/58)
The title
of almo (which gives life) reminds of those teachers and students of the
college who sacrificed their life near Porta S. Spirito to
defend the pope during the sack of Rome in 1527
On the
ground floor there is the CINEMA CAPRANICA one of
the oldest auditoriums in Rome
