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Palazzo Madama

Where Corso del Rinascimento, 44, Roma

Madama Palace, in Corso Rinascimento, is the seat of the Italian Senate. The name refers to Madama Margherita of Austria, daughter of Charles V and wife of Duke Alessandro de' Medici, widow, then married Ottavio Farnese and spent a long time in the Palace. The building came into the possession of the Medici family when it was purchased by Pope Leo X in 1505, after a major restoration commissioned to Giuliano Da Sangallo. In the seventeenth century were made further renovations: the Baroque facade, with over one hundred forms of a lion, and the interior, enriched with ornate ceilings and friezes. In 1737, the building passed from the Medicis to Lorraine, to be pious purchased by Pope Benedict XIV: on a designed by Luigi Hostini was opened a second courtyard and rearranged Madama Square. In 1871, the Palace became seat of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, following the work of adaptation directed by Luigi Gabet, having used the Hall in the space of the courtyard. In the first three decades of the twentieth century, the Senate was the subject of a radical transformation, which involved the modernization of the hemicycle, the makeover include the financial and the realization of a connection with the adjacent Carpegna Palace. The building is characterized by an irregular plant, the main entrance leads to the Court of Honour, rectangular with a central bronze statue by Emilio Greek and original columns. To the left of the porch, stands the St. Louis of France Staircase, topped by a gilded wooden ceiling of the sixteenth century bearing the coat of arms of the Medici and a depiction of sea gods. The staircase leads to the first floor, where there are a variety of environments, including: the Hall, "Maccari Hall" (painted ceiling with allegory of triumphant Italy and frescoed walls with five famous episodes of the ancient Roman senate, works by Cesare Maccari), the "Buvette" (large room with ceiling vaulted, decorated with friezes, a tapestry from the Uffizi in Florence and two still lifes by Luciano Ventrone), the "Italian Room" (large hall with works by Giuliano Vangi and Piero Guccione) and the "Ostrich's Hall" (decoration in honor of Margaret of Austria).

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