Buildings

Many of Rome’s museums and art galleries are housed in buildings, or palazzi, that are tourist attractions in themselves. Some of the more famous ones amongst these are the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, which is one of the seats of the Museo Nazionale Romano (Roman National Museum) and the Palazzo Corsini, which houses the Galleria Corsini.

Several foreign embassies are also housed in some of Rome’s most prestigious locations. The French Embassy beats everything in this respect, since its seat is the Palazzo Farnese, but the Brasilian Embassy (in one of the most impressive palazzi of Piazza Navona) and the U.S. Embassy in the Palazzo Margherita along the Via Veneto are not badly situated either.

Quirinal Palace

The Quirinal Palace (in Italian Palazzo del Quirinale, or simply Quirinale) is a Renaissance palazzo on the Quirinal Hill in the Trevi district in Rome. At the moment it its the seat of the President of Italy, but it started … Continue reading →

Palazzo Montecitorio

The Palazzo Montecitorio is the present seat of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian State. It is located in the Piazza di Monte Citorio in the Colonna district in the center of Rome. It is built on an artificially … Continue reading →

Teatro dell’Opera

Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera is the city’s main opera and ballet venue. The building has undergone many changes of name over the years and holds 1,600 people. Like Francesco Saverio De Merode, who had bought a big part of the land … Continue reading →

Palazzo degli Anguillara

The Torre degli Anguillara can be seen on top of the Palazzo degli Anguillara in the Piazza Sonnino in the district of Trastevere in Rome. The part on the side of the river is the oldest part of the building. … Continue reading →

Olympic Stadium

The Olympic Stadium in Rome (Stadio Olimpico) is the city’s biggest sports facility and, with a capacity of almost 73 thousand people, also one of the biggest in Europe. It is used for the home matches of the two Roman … Continue reading →

Villa Strohl-Fern

The Villa Strohl Fern in Rome is located within the larger area of the Villa Borghese park in Rome, in the vicinity of the Etruscan Museum. It was commissioned by one Alfred Wilhelm Strohl (1847-1927), an Alsatian nobleman and art … Continue reading →

Palazzo Salviati

The Palazzo Salviati is located in the Trastevere district in Rome and is nowadays the seat of the Istituto Alti Studi della Difesa. It was constructed in the first half of the 16th century.for Filippo Adimari, secret chamberlain of Pope … Continue reading →

Auditorium Parco Della Musica

The Auditorium Parco della Musica is a large complex in Rome that focuses mostly on music concerts but also includes an art gallery, a book store and hosts several important yearly events such as the Rome Film Festival and the … Continue reading →

Villa Medici

The Villa Medici, since 1803 the seat of the French Academy in Rome, is located on the Pincian Hill (Pincio) in Rome. It is a villa and architectural complex with a garden, next to the Villa Borghese. It was founded … Continue reading →

Palazzo Farnese

Palazzo Farnese, nowadays the seat of the French Embassy in Rome, was commissioned by Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549), who in 1534 was to become Pope Paul III and from that moment on greatly expanded the building, in order to underline the … Continue reading →

Palazzo Barberini

The Palazzo Barberini is home to the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica (National Gallery of Ancient Art) and faces the Piazza Barberini in Rome. Carlo Maderno, assisted by his nephew Borromini, started its construction 1627. When he died two years later … Continue reading →

Palazzo Spada

The Palazzo Spada is a building in the historical center of Rome and houses the small Galleria Spada museum, which is located on its first floor. It used to be the property of Cardinal Girolamo Capodiferro, who had it constructed … Continue reading →

Palazzo Ruggeri

Palazzo Ruggeri is located in the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 24, in that part that used to be the old Via Papalis. It is named for an old family, originally from the southern part of Italy, but present in Rome … Continue reading →

Palazzo Celsi

Palazzo Celsi is located on the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 18 in the rione Pigna in Rome. It was constructed in the end of the 16th century, but because the Celsi family was not happy with the result a complete … Continue reading →

Ex-Mattattoio

The ex-Mattattoio, a multicultural space in the Testaccio neighborhood of Rome is, as the name indicates, a former slaughterhouse. It was built between 1888 and 1891 by Gioacchino Ersoch and the buildings on its grounds are typical for the rational … Continue reading →

Casina Valadier

The Casina Valadier is built on the highest point of the Pincio Hill in Rome, on what used to be known as the Collis Hortulorum, where the wealthiest families of the city owned their gardens. As the name says, the … Continue reading →

Palazzo dei Congressi

The Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome is one of the most interesting buildings that were constructed for the 1942 Esposizione Universale di Roma that, although it was never held,  gave its name to the quarter EUR. Like many other buildings … Continue reading →

Palazzo Incontro

Palazzo Incontro is one of Rome’s historical buildings and is located in the Campo Marzio district in the center of the Eternal City. It was built in 1765, by the architect Giovanni Paolo Burij. At the time the area where … Continue reading →

Oratorio del Gonfalone

The Oratorio del Gonfalone is located in the Via del Gonfalone in the Ponte district in Rome. The name can be translated as “Oratory of the Banner” and it was founded in 1264 as the Accomandati di Madonna Santa Maria, … Continue reading →

Palazzo Madama

Palazzo Madama is a building in the rione Sant’Eustachio in Rome and at the moment is the seat of the Italian Senate. It was built in 1503 by order of the Florentine Medici family, who wanted to have a residence … Continue reading →