CAPPONI ANTONELLI PALACE

PALAZZO CAPPONI ANTONELLI

Via di Monserrato 34

Built in the sixteenth century for the Capponi, an important Florentine family

The exact date of construction and the architect are unknown

In the second half of the sixteenth century the property passed to the Casali family from Bologna

It was expanded in the seventeenth century

At the beginning of the nineteenth century it was bought by the Dall'Olio family for whom Virginio Vespignani (1808/82) did partial reconstruction in 1840 and designed the FAÇADE

Since the beginning of the twentieth century it belongs to the Antonelli family

The two buildings of the sixteenth and seventeenth century are joined by a transverse porch

In the GARDEN there are remains of ancient Roman structures and a beautiful fountain

ANTONELLI PALACE

PALAZZO ANTONELLI

Largo Magnanapoli 158

Built in the sixteenth century. The exact date and the name of the architect are unknown

Renovated 1854/69 by Andrea Busiri Vici (1818/1911) for Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli, who never actually lived here, preferring his other palace on Via di Monserrato now known as Palazzo Capponi Antonelli

It was used to store the valuable and rare collection of sixteenth century precious stones owned by the family

It was also renovated in 1875 for the opening of Via Nazionale when the garden ended up being wiped out

Now there are offices of the Bank of Italy, which owns the property

At the end of the atrium there is a section of the Servian Wall dating back to 378 BC with an arch of tufa blocks forming part of a room for ballistic catapults