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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