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3 unusual facts about Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi


Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi

The rooms are frescoed by Paul Brill, and a loggia in a garden is decorated with frescoes by Orazio Gentileschi and Agostino Tassi.

The Roman palace of this name should not be mistaken for the panoramic Villa Pallavicino on the shores of Lake Como in Lombardy.

On the walls are four frescoes of the Seasons by Paul Brill, and two Triumphs by Antonio Tempesta.


Papal conclave, 1667

They thought that Rospigliosi, as former nuncio in Madrid, would be also acceptable for Spain.


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