1458/62
built for Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, later Pope Alexander VI (1492/1503)
It was
given as a sort of “bribe” to Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, who had supported Rodrigo
Borgia in the conclave
The
Cardinals Sforza and Della Rovere held the functions of Registrars of the
Church here and the building was used as Chancellery until Leo X Medici
(1513/21) moved the Chancellery offices to Palazzo
Riario. Since then palazzo was known as the Old Chancellery
In 1697 the
Sforza family intermarried with the Cesarini and since then they unified as
Sforza Cesarini, current owners of the building
Modified 1730 by Pietro Passalacqua
(1690/1748) with a new FAÇADE
ON VIA DEI BANCHI VECCHI
FAÇADE ON CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE II
1886/88 by Pio Piacentini (1846/1928) in a style
that mimics the architecture of the sixteenth century
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