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The piazza takes its name from Palazzo Venezia which lies on the western side -- at one time ambassadors from the Republic of Venice used a part of the building. This impressive building was constructed in the fifteenth century by Cardinal Pietro Barbo, who went on to become Pope Paul II. Built around the church of San Marco, the palazzo underwent many changes before reaching its present form and was used as a papal residence by several popes. Pope Paul III had a covered walkway built up to the convent that was on the Campidoglio (Capitol Hill), where the popes often spent there summers. The convent was removed to make way for the monument, and the walkway was removed for the piazza. It was from the balcony on the first floor of Palazzo Venezia that Benito Mussolini spoke to the crowds that filled the piazza in his heyday. Unlike most of the piazzas in Rome, this is relatively square in conception, and was laid out late last century as a worthy home for the Monument of king Vittorio Emmanuele II.
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