PALACE OF THE SAVINGS BANK OF ROME

PALAZZO DELLA CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI ROMA

Via del Corso 320

1867/74 Antonio Cipolla (1822/74) in homage to the style of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger

In honor of its architect the palace is also known as PALAZZO CIPOLLA

It was built on the site of the destroyed Palazzo di S. Giacomo degli Incurabili from which the CAFFÈ VENEZIANO opened onto Via del Corso

From 1725 to 1868 it was a haunt of writers and Roman aristocrats

Restored 1933 by Alfredo Energici (1894/?) and Antonio Petrignani

Restored again by Clemente Busiri Vici (1887/1965) e Pompeo Coltellacci

It is now occupied by the FONDAZIONE MUSEO DI ROMA (Museum Foundation of Rome) that organizes temporary exhibitions

ROOM OF THE COUNCIL

Ceiling with painting “Saving, Abundance and Peace” of the second half of the nineteenth century by Domenico Bruschi (1840/1910)

BRASCHI PALACE - MUSEUM OF ROME (sixth part)

Microcosm of Beauty

ROOM 11

Engravings and miniatures in plaster

Four statues: “Farnese Hercules”, “Danaide”, “Melpomene” and “Faun” by Giovanni Volpato (1735/1803)

Terracotta statue “Achilles dragging the body of Hector” 1833 by Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781/1835)

“Portrait of Caterina Giustiniani” about 1815/20 by Gaspare Landi (1756/1830)

“Portrait of the engraver Pietro Girometti” about 1831 by Francesco Podesti (1800/95)

“Portraits of the painter Cesare Mariani and of his wife Virginia” 1870 by Domenico Bruschi (1840/1910)

“Portrait of the painter Francesco Podesti” 1870 by Francesco Gai (1835/1917)

Francesco Gai was a pupil of Francesco Podesti, married his nephew Guendolina and helped him in his great work which lasted nine years in the Room of the Immaculate Conception in the Vatican

“Two busts, one in marble and one in plaster of the young farmer from Albano Vittoria Caldoni” 1821 by Pietro Tenerani (1789/1869)

“Self-Portrait” by Pietro Gagliardi (1809/1990)

“Wooden model of the central area of Rome known as Tridente” about 1826 by Tommaso Falcetti

The Code of Fashion

ROOM 12

Eighteenth century ceremony clothes for men and women

HOTEL MAJESTIC

HOTEL MAJESTIC

Via Vittorio Veneto 54

1889/96 Gaetano Koch (1849/1910)

It was the first hotel to be built on Via Veneto with the name of HOTEL DES SUISSE

It was the headquarters of the Canadian Armed Forces after the World War Two

In the vault of the main hall and on the first floor frescoes painted in distemper "Allegory of the glorification of Rome and the House of Savoy" 1900 by Domenico Bruschi (1840/1910)

Among the distinguished guests: Frank Sinatra (he wanted 5,000 basil plants on the terrace because he used to get up at three in the morning with the desire for fresh pesto), Take That, Duran Duran, Madonna, Michael Jackson and Tina Turner