Monday, June 27, 2016

CORSINI PALACE - CORSINI GALLERY (first part)

PALAZZO CORSINI

1510/12 for Cardinal Raffaele Riario nephew of Pope Sixtus IV Della Rovere (1471/84)
In the seventeenth century it hosted Queen Christina of Sweden, who founded an academy here
In 1736 it was bought by the Corsini family that had it transformed and expanded in the years 1744/58 by Ferdinando Fuga (1699/1782) also to house their private library and art gallery. Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini opened the library to the public
In mid-1800 it was renovated
In 1883 it was sold to the government and it became the headquarters of the ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI (National Academy of Lincei) founded by Prince Federico Cesi in 1603
Today the Accademia is the governing body of Italian culture with three sections: CORSINIANA, ACADEMIC and EASTERN
Library with about 506,000 books

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