A view of Palazzo Farnese in Rome, Italy on december 12, 2014. Palazzo Farnese, which currently houses the French embassy is the most monumental of Roman Renaissance palaces, in Rome, Italy. First designed in 1517 for the Farnese family, the palace building expanded in size and conception when Alessandro Farnese became Pope Paul III in 1534. Its building history involved some of the most prominent Italian architects of the 16th century.After the extinction of the Farnese family it passed by inheritance to the king of Naples.The Palazzo was inherited from the Farnese by the Bourbon kings of Nap

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• Dimensioni: 4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14,2 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 8 aprile 2015
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A view of Palazzo Farnese in Rome, Italy on december 12, 2014. Palazzo Farnese, which currently houses the French embassy is the most monumental of Roman Renaissance palaces, in Rome, Italy. First designed in 1517 for the Farnese family, the palace building expanded in size and conception when Alessandro Farnese became Pope Paul III in 1534. Its building history involved some of the most prominent Italian architects of the 16th century.After the extinction of the Farnese family it passed by inheritance to the king of Naples.The Palazzo was inherited from the Farnese by the Bourbon kings of Naples, from whom the French government purchased it in 1874. Though the government of Mussolini ransomed it in 1936, the French Embassy remains, under a 99-year lease. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM