1573/77 begun by Martino Longhi the Elder (1534/91) as the summer residence of the popes
It was built
over the demolished fifteenth-century villa of Cardinal Oliviero Carafa which
had later belonged to Orazio Farnese, nephew of Paul III (1534/49), and to
Cardinal Ippolito d'Este
1578/85
continued by Ottaviano Nonni aka Ottaviano Mascherino
(1524/1606), who designed the so-called PALAZZINA GREGORIANA (Gregorian Small
Palace) for Gregory XIII Boncompagni (1572/85)
It would
later be used as accommodation, first for the kings of Italy and later for the
Presidents of the Republic
Under
Alexander VII Chigi (1655/67) Pietro Berrettini aka Pietro
da Cortona (1597/1669) directed the decorations in the Gallery of
Alexander VII
It was the PAPAL
RESIDENCE for 278 years, from 1592 with Clement VIII Aldobrandini (1592/1605)
until 1870 when it became the residence of the Savoy family
In 1938
Adolf Hitler was a guest on the main floor of the small palace built by
Mascherino under the clock tower and, for the occasion, restorations were
carried out and new marble floors were made
Since 1947
it has been the RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
It was
built on the site of the ancient TEMPLE
OF SALUS
EXTERIOR
OF THE PALACE
WING FACING
THE SQUARE AND FAÇADE
1589 Domenico Fontana
(1543/1607) for Sixtus V Peretti (1585/90)
WING FACING
THE GARDEN
1609/11 Flaminio Ponzio (1560/1613) for Paul V Borghese
(1605/21)
WING FACING
VIA DEL QUIRINALE
1615/17 Carlo Maderno (1556/1629) also for Paul V, in place of
the deceased Flaminio Ponzio
TOWER
1626 Gian Lorenzo Bernini
(1598/1680) for Urban VIII Barberini (1623/44)
1615 PORTAL
by Carlo Maderno
“Statue of
St. Peter” by Stefano Maderno (1560/1636) and “Statue
of St. Paul” by Guillaume Berthelot (about
1570/1648)
Manica Lunga (Long Wing)
Begun
1659 by Bernini, continued by Alessandro Specchi (1668/1729) and finished by Ferdinando Fuga (1699/1782) who was also responsible
for the construction, at the short north end of the wing, of a BUILDING FOR
OFFICES OF THE SEGRETARIO DELLE CIFRE (Accounting Secretary) who used to take
care of the diplomatic correspondence of the Holy See
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