Palace of Maffei Marescotti

Palace of Maffei Marescotti
Palazzo Maffei Marescotti or Palazzo del Vicariato

Palace Courtyard
General information
Location Rome
 Italy
Coordinates 41°53′48″N 12°28′39″E / 41.89667°N 12.47750°E / 41.89667; 12.47750
Owner   Vatican City

The Palace of the Vicariate[1] or Palace of Maffei Marescotti[2] (Italian: Palazzo Maffei Marescotti or Palazzo del Vicariato)[3] is the name given to a religious building in Rome,[4] Italy.

Is an ancient palace, originally a nobiliar palace, located in the Rione Pigna, on the corner of Via dei Cestari and Via della Pigna, next to the Church of the Holy Stigmata of St. Francis.

The palace was designed in 1580 by Giacomo Della Porta on behalf of Cardinal Marcantonio Maffei, which involved the demolition of some houses of families, who were in the Piazza della Pigna in front of the building that had been the family of Stefano Porcari. Death Cardinal Maffei reached in 1583 and the unfinished building began a long series of changes of ownership and different uses, whose only constant was to keep it under control of the Vatican.

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References

  1. ↑ Stoppa, Massimo (2003-01-01). Il Palazzo del Vicariato alla Pigna: Palazzo Maffei Marescotti (in Italian). Nuova Argos. ISBN 9788888693033.
  2. ↑ Wasserman, Jack (1966-01-01). Ottaviano Mascarino and His Drawings in the Accademia Nazionale Di San Luca. Published under the auspices of the Accademia nazionale di San Luca [distributed by Libreria internazionale Modernissima, Rome].
  3. ↑ AA Files: Annals of the Architectural Association School of Architecture. The Association. 1981-01-01.
  4. ↑ Blunt, Anthony (1982-01-01). Guide to Baroque Rome. Granada. ISBN 9780246117625.
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