Built
in1515 as Palazzo Caffarelli for Bernardino Caffarelli
Giorgio
Vasari attributed to Lorenzo Lotti aka Lorenzetto
(1490/1541) who is said to have followed the advice of Raffaello
Sanzio (Raphael) (1483/1520)
Expanded in
1550 and in 1770 by Nicola Giansimoni (active
from 1766/d. 1800) for the Stoppani family
At the end
of the eighteenth century it was bought by Cardinal Pietro Vidoni. Later it
belonged to the Giustiniani Bandini family
The
original FAÇADE is on Via del Sudario
It was
raised with an EXTRA FLOOR and given a NEW FAÇADE ON CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE II in the years 1886/87 by Francesco Settimj (active 1876/88), who opened a new
main entrance in what was once the back of the building
Here took
place the historic meeting between Pope Paul III (1534/49) and the German
Emperor Charles V key to future relations between empire and papacy
It was the
German Embassy and the administrative headquarters of the National Fascist
Party. At that time it was renamed PALAZZO DEL LITTORIO
At the end
of the Second World War it was the headquarters of the French Army
Now it
houses the Ministry for Reforms and Innovation in Public Administration
In the
foundations of the palace the “talking” statue Abate
Luigi was found. It originally decorated the Curia of Pompey over which the
palace was built
ROOM
CHARLES V
In the
frieze paintings “Stories of Charles V” by the school
of Pietro Bonaccorsi aka Perin del Vaga (1501/47)
ROOM OF
MIRRORS
Also called
the Lady's Cabinet, the lady being the Duchess Giustiniani Bandini. A
delightful delirium of Rococo style
Ceiling “Cupid
with Doves” by Prospero Piatti (1842/1902)
ROOM OF
AUDIENCES
Ceiling
“Allegory of painting, sculpture and architecture” maybe by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728/79), more likely by Tommaso Maria Conca (1734/1822) who was a pupil of his
uncle, the great Sebastiano Conca
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