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Palazzo Braschi and the Museum of Rome

Posted on 19 April 2010

In Palazzo Braschi is preserved a collection of paintings and works relating to Rome, certainly not a palace and a museum of the first importance, but still highly recommended a visit to enrich your knowledge of the capital.
In Parione area, between Piazza San Pantaleo, Via della Cuccagna and the well-known Piazza Navona, rises an antique building, Palazzo Braschi.
This building was originally named Palazzo Orsini and has a very antique history beginning in 1435 when Rome’s prefect, Mr. Francesco Orsini, gave the order to build his future home. Only a few modifications were made during the centuries but only after World War II the building passed to the City of Rome, but was closed for neglect and abandonment in 1987. The restructuring works begane only some years later and only this year Palazzo Braschi is back to its ancient beauty. The palace has two floors and a huge open-air entrance which in ancient times was the carriages parking. The architectural style is Baroque – Romanesque with some references to some oldest styles of the first construction. Today Palazzo Braschi hosts Rome’s Museum where in the two floors divided in 12 splendid rooms there are artworks going through Rome’s history. In addition to urban scenes and views are in fact the museum works, mostly paintings and statues depicting the successive popes in the Vatican, and some objects belonging to the oldest and most famous families of Rome, the Barberini and Colonna, to name a few. Inside the building there is also a well stocked library and an exhibition of antique carriages. A visit to Palazzo Braschi is not a priority when we went to Rome, but it can be a distraction really interesting because the building has lots to offer visitors.