Tuesday, April 25, 2017

LANTE PALACE

PALAZZO LANTE
It was built at the time of pope Leo X Medici (1513/21) for his brother Giuliano de' Medici maybe by Giovanni Lippi aka Nanni di Baccio Bigio (about 1513/68) and Giuliano Giamberti aka Giuliano da Sangallo (1445/1516)
In 1558 it was bought by the Lante family originally in Pisa
In the seventeenth century they had inherited assets of Giuliano Della Rovere and added his name to theirs, becoming Lante Della Rovere
It was restored in 1760 by Carlo Murena (1713/64)
In 1900 it was sold to the Aldobrandini family who still owns it
It is now home to the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS
MAIN HALL
Frescoes “Stories of the Romans” 1653 by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610/62) from Viterbo, a pupil of Pietro da Cortona

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