Palazzo Chigi

The Palazzo Chigi [ ki ː ʤi ] is since 1961 the seat of the Italian Prime Minister. The building is located in the center of Rome at Piazza Colonna against the column of Marcus Aurelius. To the west it borders the Palazzo Montecitorio, in which the Chamber of Deputies is, in the east on the Via del Corso.

History

The Aldobrandini family left the palace from 1578 to 1587 built. It is named after the noble family of Chigi, who acquired it in 1659 and long used as a city palace. As of the end of the 18th century, the building housed the Spanish, in 1878 the Austro-Hungarian Embassy. 1916 sold the Chigi palace to the Italian State, which used it until 1922 when the Colonial Office and from 1922 to 1961 as the State Department, then as the official residence of the Prime Minister.

Affairs

The rectangular building surrounding a courtyard, received on the state guests with military honors. The main entrance is now on the south side, Piazza Colonna back. Previously he was on the east side on the Via del Corso, where today is the staircase. In the piano nobile are located on the south and east the main rooms, including the Prime Minister 's office and the Cabinet Room with the respective antechambers and other richly decorated rooms. In the other upper floors are the private residences of the Prime Minister, a large conference hall and a library ( Biblioteca Chigiana ) where the initial inventory in 1923 went to the Vatican Library. The remaining rooms are mainly conference, representation or management purposes.

Others

Not all departments of the Council of Ministers Presidium located in Palazzo Chigi. Be used also some other buildings in the immediate and wider area, including the Palazzo Caffarelli Vidoni and the guest house Villa Doria Pamphili.