Thursday, March 9, 2017

PALACE OF TIZIO DI SPOLETO

PALAZZO DI TIZIO DI SPOLETO
Built in the second half of the sixteenth century for Tizio di Spoleto, the butler of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
On the FAÇADE very elegant stuccos with lilies, symbol of the Farnese family, and frescoes with “Stories from the life of Saint Eustace” painted before 1575 by Federico Zuccari (about 1542/1609)
It is one of the few remaining painted façades in Rome
In the sixteenth century many buildings were painted and all these colorful decorations were a major source of wonder for visitors to the city

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