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Palazzo Farnese ([paˈlattso farˈneːze,-eːse]) or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in 1936 for a period of 99 years, and currently serves as the French embassy in Italy.
Palazzo style refers to an architectural style of the 19th and 20th centuries based upon the palazzi (palaces) built by wealthy families of the Italian Renaissance. The term refers to the general shape, proportion and a cluster of characteristics, rather than a specific design; hence it is applied to buildings spanning a period of nearly two ...
Architecture; Satellite photo — The bracket-shaped building southwest (lower) of the Tiber, in the centre of photo, is the Villa Farnesina. The Palazzo Farnese is the massive almost square, courtyarded structure to the North of the Tiber. Virtual tour of Villa Farnesina on romainteractive.com; Media related to Villa Farnesina (Rome) at ...
The Villa Farnese, also known as Villa Caprarola, is a pentagonal mansion in the town of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of Rome, originally commissioned and owned by the House of Farnese. A property of the Republic of Italy, Villa Farnese is run by the Polo Museale del ...
Off the square, there are eight streets and alleys, of which the most important is via di Monserrato.The most important buildings that overlook, beyond Palazzo Farnese, are the church and the convent of Santa Brigida, the palace of the Rooster of Roccagiovane, in front of Palazzo Farnese between Baullari and via della Corda, and Palazzo Mandosi Mignanelli on the right, in the corner with ...
Musei di Palazzo Farnese and Museo di Storia Naturale - official site (in Italian) 45°03′21″N 9°41′46″E / 45.0557°N 9.6961°E / 45.0557; Authority control databases : Geographic
Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, England, built between 1845 and 1851. It exhibits three typical Italianate features: a prominently bracketed cornice, towers based on Italian campanili and belvederes, and adjoining arched windows. [1] The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.
The Camerino Farnese is a Fresco cycle (a series of frescos done about a particular subject) that emerged from the decision to paint the ceiling of the Camerino in Rome, before the summer of 1595. The Camerino is on the first, or principal, floor of the Palazzo Farnese , and measures slightly more than fifteen by thirty feet.