1915/22 Dario Carbone (about 1857/1934) in a monumental and
celebratory Eclectic style in the area previously occupied by the demolished Palazzo
Boncompagni Piombino of the end of the sixteenth century
The
Boncompagni were allowed to rebuild their own building in the area of the Villa
Ludovisi, the Palazzo Boncompagni, later Palazzo Margherita, now U.S. Embassy
It was
completed and modified in 1940 by Alberto Calza Bini
(1881/1957)
Better
known as GALLERIA COLONNA and, since 2003, as GALLERIA ALBERTO SORDI
in honor of the Roman actor who died in the same year
It is
surprising for the contrast between the ornate monumental exterior and the vast
comfortable interior space of the gallery
“I told
myself to respect a principle (of great value to the public): if the people of
Rome used to enjoy as public land the existing dirt area, well, it was
necessary that the architect would leave just as much area as public passage in
the building to be constructed” (Dario Carbone)
On the central pediment sculptures:
“Groups of
Industry” by Giuseppe Guastalla (1867/1952)
“Groups of
Commerce” by Ercole Drei (1886/1973)
Interior
decorated by Ulisse Stacchini (1871/1947)
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