Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti (Rome, Italy)
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Name (Latin)
Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti (Rome, Italy)
Other forms of name
Orsini Pio Palace (Rome, Italy)
Orsini Pio Righetti Palace (Rome, Italy)
Palazzo Orsini Pio (Rome, Italy)
Palazzo Pio Righetti (Rome, Italy)
Pio Righetti Palace (Rome, Italy)
Coordinates
12.472946 12.472946 41.895337 41.895337 (gooearth )
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Multipurpose buildings Italy
Palaces Italy
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Q7127002
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sh2015001057
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: University of Washington. Architecture in Rome Program. University of Washington Rome Center, 2000?unnumbered page 7 (Palazzo Pio: built on the foundations of the theater of Pompey the Great, Rome's first permanent theater inaugurated in 55 BC, this building has been continuously inhabited since then. Known as Palazzo Pio since the 17th century it now houses apartments, offices, shops, a movie theater and the University of Washington Rome Center)
- RomeTour.org website, April 23, 2015:Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti (This vast 17th-century Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti (also called Palazzo Pio Righetti/Palazzo Orsini Pio/Palazzo Pio) occupies a part of the territory of the ancient ruined Theatre of Pompey (Teatro di Pompeo); the third and fourth floors of the Palazzo Pio were abandoned and in poor condition until the University of Washington began restoration)
- 060608 - discover and buy tourist services, cultural offers and shows in Rome website, June 17, 2015(Palazzo Pio Righetti. Address: Piazza del Biscione, 95-99) Italian version of page (Palazzo Pio Righetti. It was erected in 1450 on the ruins of the Theatre of Pompey by Cardinal Francesco Condulmer, nephew of Pope Eugene IV Condulmer (1431-47). It then passed to the Orsini, who erected the tower dell'Arpacata, and then to the Pio family, lords of Carpi, who did realize a new facade by Camillo Arcucci, with the representation of eagles and lions in the gables of the windows. In the nineteenth century, the Palace passed to the banker Righetti, and eventually became the headquarters of the Lotto and finally public school.)
- Wikipedia, June 17, 2015:Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti (The Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti (also Palazzo Pio) is a building in the Roman district of Parione. It was built around 1450 and lies on top of the ruins of the Temple of Venus Victrix of the Theatre of Pompey. It overlooks other neighboring areas of Campo de' Fiori and Piazza del Biscione in Rome, Italy)
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Palazzo Pio - Plate 75 - Giuseppe Vasi
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File:Palazzo Pio - Plate 75 - Giuseppe Vasi.jpg
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Wikipedia description:
The Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti (also Palazzo Pio) is a building in the Roman district of Parione. It was built around 1450 and lies on top of the ruins of the Temple of Venus Victrix of the Theatre of Pompey. In the 17th century the facade was redesigned. It overlooks other neighboring areas of Campo de' Fiori and Piazza del Biscione in Rome, Italy. It was beneath the courtyard of this Palace on August 8, 1864, that a gilded bronze statue of Hercules was discovered in excellent condition. The statue was donated to Pope Pius IX and is now part of the exhibits of the Vatican Museum.
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