1566 Martino Longhi the Elder (1534/91) who restored
existing buildings for the Ceri family. At his death he was succeeded by
Ottaviano Nonni aka Ottaviano Mascherino
(1524/1606)
In 1678 the
palace passed to the Poli family, and in 1812 to the Boncompagni who rented it
out in part
Famous
tenants of the building were the poet Gioacchino Belli and Princess Zenaide
Wolkonski holding in her living room a gathering of aristocrats and scholars
The great
DANTE HALL overlooking the Trevi Fountain was used as a ballroom, and now as a
hall for exhibitions and cultural events
In 1978 it
became property of the Italian state which turned it into the seat of the
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GRAPHICS
On one
of its sides the famous TREVI FOUNTAIN
was completed in 1762
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