INA PALACE ON VIA DELLA CONCILIAZIONE

PALAZZO DELL'INA IN VIA DELLA CONCILIAZIONE

Via della Conciliazione 1-3

1942 Marcello Piacentini (1881/1960) and Attilio Spaccarelli (1890/1975) in collaboration with Gino Cipriani

It was built at the same time of the “twin” Palazzo Pio on the opposite side of the road

It was built on the site of the demolished Ospedale S. Carlo (St. Charles Hospital) branch of the Ospedale S. Spirito

It houses various offices of the Holy See: the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, the General Presidency of Azione Cattolica (Catholic Action), the Presidency of the Centro Sportivo Italiano (Italian Sports Centre)

FOUNTAIN 1957 on the façade facing Largo Giovanni XXIII

In the area of the palace there were two ancient Roman monuments:

The META ROMULI a pyramid-shaped tomb very similar to the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius called Meta Remi

The TEREBINTUS NERONIS consisting of two cylindrical elements superimposed destroyed at the beginning of the sixteenth century by order of Alexander VI Borgia (1492/1503)

DUTCH INSTITUTE

ISTITUTO OLANDESE 

Via Omero 10/12

1933 Gino Cipriani and the Dutch Jan Stuyt (1868/1934)

The architecture and the materials that have been used refer to the Roman palaces

In 1958 it was raised with an extra floor to accommodate students and researchers

The LIBRARY contains about 60,000 volumes relating to history, art history and archeology of Rome and Italy. There are also sections about the relations between the Vatican and the Netherlands and about Dutch cultural history

BELGIAN ACADEMY

ACCADEMIA DEL BELGIO

Via Omero 8

1937/39 Gino Cipriani and Jean Hendrickx in strict Rationalist style

The official name of the institution is ACADEMIA BELGICA and the foundation dates back to 1930, for the marriage of Princess Marie-José with Prince Umberto of Savoy

It incorporated the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome (ISBR), founded in 1902, and the National Foundation Princess Marie-José (FPMJ) which had been founded shortly before

The Academy has also taken part in archaeological research, through excavations conducted in Alba Fucens, Abruzzo and Ordona in Puglia

The Academy includes a large LIBRARY specializing in history, art history and archeology, history of religion and science: of the about 80,000 volumes, 70% fall in these disciplines