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Palazzo Venezia

Address: Piazza San Marco 49, around Via del Corso, Rome | Map It
Phone: 06/699941

Category: Castles/Palaces
Location: Corso and Spagna

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Fodor's Review:

Centerpiece of Palazzo Venezia, this palace was originally built for Venetian cardinal Pietro Barbo, who became Pope Paul II. It was also the backdrop used by Mussolini to harangue crowds with dreams of empire from the balcony over the main portal. The palace shows a mixture of Renaissance grace and heavy medieval lines, and today houses an eclectic collection of decorative objects, paintings, sculptures, and ceramics in handsome salons, some of which Mussolini used as his offices. Lights were left on all night during Mussolini's reign, to suggest that the Fascist regime worked without pause. Important temporary exhibitions are often held here. The café on the loggia has a pleasant view over the garden courtyard.

Cost: EUR 4
Open: Tues.-Sun. 9-7

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