MACCARANI STATI PALACE

PALAZZO MACCARANI STATI

Piazza S. Eustachio 83

About 1523 Giulio Pippi aka Giulio Romano (1499/1546) for Cristoforo Stati, Registrar of Rome

Formerly known as Palazzo Stati Cenci

It belonged to the Cenci family, to the Maccarani family and to the counts of Brazzà

Since 1972 it belongs to the government and it houses SENATORS OFFICES, SERVICES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES

COURTYARD

Grotesque decoration of the sixteenth century

LIVING ROOM ON THE MAIN FLOOR

Frieze “Lovers beloved of the gods”

GREAT HALL

Frieze “Stories of Caesar” fresco dating back to the sixteenth century maybe by Pietro Bonaccorsi aka Perin del Vaga (1501/47), and artists of his workshop including Luzio Romano and Prospero Fontana (1512/97), father of Lavinia Fontana

PALACE OF TIZIO DI SPOLETO

PALAZZO DI TIZIO DI SPOLETO

Piazza S. Eustachio 53

Built in the second half of the sixteenth century for Tizio di Spoleto, the butler of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese

On the FAÇADE very elegant stuccos with lilies, symbol of the Farnese family, and frescoes with “Stories from the life of Saint Eustace” painted before 1575 by Federico Zuccari (about 1542/1609)

It is one of the few remaining painted façades in Rome

In the sixteenth century many buildings were painted and all these colorful decorations were a major source of wonder for visitors to the city