PALACE OF IMI AND OF THE ITALIAN EXCHANGE INSTITUTE

PALAZZO DELL'IMI E DELL'ISTITUTO ITALIANO CAMBI

Via Quattro Fontane 121

1953/56 Mario Paniconi (1904/73) and Giulio Pediconi (1906/99) in collaboration with the Studio Passarelli

The IMI was the ISTITUTO MOBILIARE ITALIANO (Italian Chattels Institute) founded in 1931

In 1998 it merged with the ISTITUTO SAN PAOLO and became SANPAOLO IMI

“One of the first major competitions in Rome after the war. The project has two aspects. The front on Via Quattro Fontane, between S. Carlino by Borromini and an austere convent building, conveys the relationship between past, existing buildings, the environment, with topical thoughtful novelties” (Official Website Studio Passarelli - www.studiopassarelli.it)

ALBANI DEL DRAGO PALACE

PALAZZO ALBANI DEL DRAGO

Via Quattro Fontane angolo Via XX Settembre

1587/90 Domenico Fontana (1543/1607) for Muzio Mattei

Completed and extended along Via XX Settembre (known then as Strada Pia) from 1707 onwards by Alessandro Specchi (1668/1729) for Cardinal Alessandro Albani, with the addition of the lookout tower

In mid-1800 it was acquired by Queen Maria Cristina widow of Ferdinand VII of Spain, and, at her death, by the Prince Del Drago

Now it is the property of the company Servizi Interbancari, provider of Italian credit card services

In the corner of the crossroad of the Four Fountains there is the fountain with a lion representing the Arno River

Frescoes by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691/1765) and Giovanni Odazzi (1663/1731)

In a room on the second floor there are frescoes copies of those found in ancient tomb of the Nasonii on Via Flaminia