PALACE OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF WORK

PALAZZO DELLA BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO

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1936 Marcello Piacentini (1881/1960) in the Functionalist or Rationalist style softened by the light and shade of the bricks in the façade

Frescoes by Achille Funi (1890/1972) and Amerigo Bartoli Natinguerra (1890/1971) representing the “Humble work of man”

Inside there is a small treasure of art masterpieces including:

“Judith and Holofernes” by Lorenzo Lotto (about 1480/1556)

“Madonna Albani” by Federico Fiori aka Barocci (1535/1612)

“Capriccio” by Giovanni Antonio Canal aka Canaletto (1697/1768)

The modern times are represented with paintings by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796/1875), Giorgio Morandi (1890/1964) and Gino Severini (1883/1966)

PALACE ON VIA VENETO 7

PALAZZO AL N°7 DI VIA VENETO

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1925/27 Gino Coppedè (1866/1927) for the Società Anonima Edilizia Moderna (Modern Anonymous Construction Company)

It was the last work of this imaginative architect before his death

“The sign of changing times is felt, after a certain date, even in Coppedè's work: the building built in Rome on Via Veneto (...) even though it doesn't betray Coppedè's style, it appears set to a greater sobriety, mitigating in a more classical composure the decorative exuberance of the palaces of Piazza Quadrata. In this case Coppedè appeared to have taken into account some criticism from many quarters that were addressed to his work, to a conception of architecture, to a school - of which Coppedè appeared as an exemplary exponent - which was now to be finally overcome by the times” (Mauro Cozzi - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani)

HOTEL REGINA BAGLIONI

HOTEL REGINA BAGLIONI

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1892/94 Giulio Podesti (1857/1909)

Formerly known as HOTEL REGINA CARLTON

Restoration in 2009 with a reduction in the number of rooms

In the lobby "Portrait of Queen Margaret" by Michele Gordigiani

The hotel was chosen by Queen Margherita of Savoy as her home while she awaited the completion of her noble residence, “Villa Margherita”, which presently hosts the American Embassy. The excellent service, hospitality and kindness shown to the Savoy royalty were such that, in 1911, the hotel’s owner was granted permission to give the hotel the name Regina (Queen) and to decorate the emblem with the Royal coat of arms

The poet Gabriele D'Annunzio was a regular customer of the hotel and, in more recent times, Liza Minelli, Dan Brown and the Oasis

HOTEL PALACE BOSCOLO

HOTEL PALACE BOSCOLO 

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1924/27 Marcello Piacentini (1881/1960) with Giuseppe Vaccaro (1896/1970), from a project of the Swiss Emilio Vogt. Piacentini here was inspired by the French Art Nouveau. The original name was Albergo degli Ambasciatori

It reopened in 1995. Restoration in 2010 by Italo Rota (1953), who also, with Gae Aulenti, designed the display of the Museé d'Orsay and the Pompidou Centre in Paris

Frescoes in five large panels "Party with celebrities of the 1920s" 1926 by Guido Cadorin (1892/1976) friend of Gabriele D'Annunzio, for whom he also painted in the Vittoriale, D'Annunzio's home on Lake Garda

HOTEL MAJESTIC

HOTEL MAJESTIC

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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

HOTEL FLORA

HOTEL FLORA

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1905/07 Andrea Busiri Vici (1818/1911) for the wealthy German-Russian Krumngel

In the years 1943/44 it was the headquarters of the Nazi high command

Among the distinguished guests: Prince Maximilian of Bavaria, Richard Nixon, Paul Getty, Christian Barnard, Joan Crawford, Cassius Clay and Federico Fellini

HOTEL AMBASCIATORI PALACE

HOTEL AMBASCIATORI PALACE

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1902/05 Carlo Busiri Vici (1856/1925) son of Andrea Busiri Vici

It reopened in 1993 and restoration continued through 2001

The columns are made of granite marble from Brazil