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The Aldobrandini family palazzo and its collections of works of art and furnishings is now the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome. The family name lives on, however, via a branch of the Borghese family , descended from the marriage of Olimpia Aldobrandini with Prince Paolo Borghese in the 17th century.
Coat of arms. The front of the palace can be traced back to the 1830s, with a large shield on the door with the coat of arms of the Famiglia Borghese (truncated in the 1st gold, to the eagle with unfolded flight of black, crowned of the field, in the 2nd azure, to the dragon of gold), supported by two eagles and surmounted by a wrought-iron princely crown.
The courtyard. The first floor shuttered windows correspond to a four-sided gallery, housing the collection's main paintings. Interior. The large collection of paintings, furniture and statuary has been assembled since the 16th century by the Doria, Pamphilj, Landi and Aldobrandini families now united through marriage and descent under the simplified surname Doria Pamphilj.
The Villa Aldobrandini is a villa in Frascati, Italy. It is still owned and lived in by the Aldobrandini family, and known as Belvedere for its location overlooking the valley toward the city of Rome. It is the only grand Papal garden not owned by the state. [clarification needed]
Aldobrandini already owned a property along the road that borders the so-called "Colonna island", connecting via del Corso with Montecitorio, he intended to unite the two properties. At the death of Pietro Aldobrandini, his son sold the properties to Paolo Fossano, who continued the work on the side of Via del Corso.
The painting, depicting the biblical New Testament event of the Flight into Egypt, was commissioned in 1603 by Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini for the family chapel in his palace in Rome, later known as Palazzo Doria Pamphilj.
The old buildings were demolished and construction began on the new villa and adjacent garden. Della Porta equipped the building with stairs, and loggias. The upper floors of the Palazzo Aldobrandini held a rich collection of works of art left to the cardinal by the Duchess of Urbino Lucrezia d'Este, in 1598. [7]
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