LANCELLOTTI PALACE ON PIAZZA NAVONA

PALAZZO LANCELLOTTI A PIAZZA NAVONA

Piazza Navona 114

1552 Pirro Ligorio (about 1513/83) for Cardinal Ludovico de Torres Archbishop of Monreale, who gave a diplomatic contribution to the victory in the Battle of Lepanto connecting the Papal States to the other Christian powers

In mid-1600 the family passed to the Lancellotti family

FRESCOES

“Allegories and stories of Rinaldo and Armida” 1621/23 by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri aka Guercino (1591/1666) and Agostino Tassi (1578/1644)

PIUS IV SMALL PALACE

PALAZZINA DI PIO IV

Via Flaminia 166

1561 Pirro Ligorio (about 1513/83) for Pius IV Medici (1559/65)

Pirro Ligorio adapted the façade to a pre-existing porch of about 1525, maybe by Jacopo Tatti aka Jacopo Sansovino (1486/1570) and to the FOUNTAIN OF THE AQUA VIRGO 1552/53 maybe by Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511/92) with a hydraulic system by Jacopo Barozzi aka Vignola (1507/73)

The building is also known as PALAZZO BORROMEO as Pius IV gave it to his nephew (his sister's son) St. Charles Borromeo, who had a second floor built and gave it in turn to his sister Anna. After Anna's marriage with a member of the Colonna family, the building passed to them

Now it is the seat of the ITALIAN EMBASSY TO THE HOLY SEE

SMALL VILLA OF PIUS IV

CASINA DI PIO IV

Giardini Vaticani

1558/62 Pirro Ligorio (about 1513/83) with the help of Giovanni Sallustio Peruzzi (?/1573) son of Baldassarre Peruzzi for Paolo IV Carafa (1555/59) and Pio IV Medici (1559/65)

"Called 'Little House of the Grove', because of its location and scenic retreat in the gardens, later took the name of Villa Pia or Little House of Pius IV. Source for the architecture of the house, it was pointed out by Friedlaender, is Raphael and in particular the lost Palazzo Dell'Aquila, whose richly decorated façade is certainly an important precedent for Ligorio's building. Chronologically closer are the façade and the courtyard of Palazzo Spada, whose stucco decoration was made by Giulio Mazzoni, one of the artists involved in the evaluation of the House which was completed in autumn 1562. Moreover the loggia reminds of Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne by Baldassarre Peruzzi" (Dizionario Enciclopedico degli Italiani Treccani)

Frescoes by Federico Fiori aka Barocci (1535/1612), Santi di Tito (1536/1603) and Federico Zuccari (about 1542/1609)

In the garden FOUNTAIN OF THE BIG EAGLE and in the valley near the Palace of the Mint FOUNTAIN OF THE SACRAMENT both by Jan Van Santen aka Giovanni Vasanzio (1550/1621)