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Palazzo Sforza Cesarini was built by Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, most likely on the structure of a preexisting edifice that very probably was used as the Pontifical Mint.
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Ascanio detained the title of Vice-Chancellor until his...
- The Historical Roots of the Sforza Family | Palazzo Sforza ...
The historical roots of the Sforza family, which probably...
- Ascanio Sforza - Palazzo Sforza Cesarini
PALAZZO SFORZA CESARINI. The palace was built in1458 as the seat of the Apostolic Chancellery by Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia who, after becoming Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503), donated it to Cardinal Ascanio Sforza. On his death, it passed to the grandchildren of Julius II Della Rovere (1503-1513).
Ascanio detained the title of Vice-Chancellor until his death in 1505 caused by the plague that afflicted Rome that year. The remains of Cardinal Sforza are preserved in the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo, as expressly desired by Pope Giulio II who requested that an adequate tomb be built for him.
During the extensive restoration and transformation works by Duke Sforza-Cesarini [16] between 1781 and 1794, Pannini realised a decorative cycle with architectural perspectives using trompe l'œil techniques in the interior of the Palazzo Sforza Cesarini in Rome, [17] originally built in 1458 as the seat of the Apostolic Chancellery by ...
The historical roots of the Sforza family, which probably originated in Dacia, are found in Cotignola (Ravenna) where Muzio Attendolo (1369-1424) was born and whose nickname “Sforza”, subsequently, substituted the original surname of the family.
Located in the center of Genzano di Roma, it was the summer residence of the noble Cesarini, later Sforza Cesarini, lords of the town from the 16th to the 19th century. It features a Baroque facade, built between 1713 and 1730 to a design by architects Ludovico and Domenico Gregorini.
The new construction was one floor higher than the project of the two Roman architects Ludovico Gregoriani and his son Domenico. The façade, inspired by Palace Farnese in Rome, appears slender and imposing. It is divided into two orders with windows that diminish in size progressively towards the sides.
