Antonio Da Sangallo was already a star architect when he chose an empty lot on nascent Via Giulia to build his own house on: he had already designed Saint Peter’s Basilica and Palazzo Farnese in Rome (among others), Saint Patrick’s well in Orvieto and the Old Fortress in Livorno. He never got to set foot […]
2020 will mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death (on April 6), who was only 37 when he died in Rome. The new year will see a number of important events dedicated to the genius artist from Urbino: among them, an exhibition in London, which will be preceded by a similar display at the Scuderie […]
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In the Middle Ages and right up until the early Renaissance the area around Campo de’ Fiori was incredibly different from what it looks like today. None of the aristocrat mansions we can admire today had been erected, to start with, and no large, comfortable boulevards had been built. Frequently covered in mud coming from […]
The latest addition to our list of managed apartments in the city center of Rome is a unique property on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, one of the main streets in the “old town”. Right outside the building, the Corso passes by the majestic Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, on the piazza […]
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