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ROME
Palaces
Venezia Palace (Via del Plebiscito)
This was the first large Renaisssance palace built in Rome, built in 1455 by Cardinal Pietro Baro, future Pope Paul II. It was first the Papal headquarters, then Embassy of the Venetian Republic, then given to Austria and finally to the Italian State. Austere as a fortress, with Guelph battlements, a tower on one corner and the facade marked in horizontal bands, it typifies in its sombre appearance the harmony of Renaissance construction. On one floor is the Museum of the Venetian Palace, a collection of medieval art, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and other artifacts. |
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