Sunday, September 3, 2017

POLI PALACE

PALAZZO POLI
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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