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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