Quirinal Palace

The Quirinale (Italian: Palazzo del Quirinale Quirinale or short ) is a palace from 1583 erected on the Quirinal in Rome. It is official residence of the President of the Republic of Italy.

History

Situated on the Piazza del Quirinale building was first used by Pope Gregory XIII. based as a summer residence. Furthermore, it served temporarily as Ausrichtungsort for papal conclaves as well as an administrative building of the former Papal States. In 1871 Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy and expropriated the palace. An allowance was made only in the context of the 1929 Lateran Treaty closed. The building remained until 1946 the seat of the Kings of Italy. After the abolition of the monarchy, it took over the republic as the official residence of the President.

Affairs

The main building encloses a large rectangular courtyard, guests of state can be received out of the public with military honors at the. The facade is by Domenico Fontana. In the stairwell is the most famous fresco of the palace, the blessing of Christ Melozzo da Forlì. One of the biggest reception rooms of the Quirinal is designed by Carlo Maderno Salone dei Corazzieri, named after the bodyguard of the president, which is inspected here. The also built by Maderno for Pope Paul V Cappella Paolina equivalent of the dimensions forth the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Traditionally celebrated in the presence of the President fairs in the Cappella Paolina at Christmas and at Easter, otherwise it also serves as a concert hall. In the ballroom, with its 300 square meters of carpet not only state banquets are held, but also for example the swearing in of new governments. In the many other prestigious rooms of the building, countless works of art, among other things, by Carlo Maratta, are Pietro da Cortona, Ferdinando Fuga, Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Agnolo Bronzino and Guido Reni.

From the main building extends in a northeasterly direction along the Via del Quirinale the so-called " long sleeves " ( manica lunga ), one planned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and repeatedly matured in the course of time building tract. Here you will find, among other things, the " Imperial Apartments " ( appartamenti imperiali ), where in 1888 and 1893 the German Kaiser Wilhelm II was staying on his state visits to Rome. These apartments are state guests even today. The northeastern completion of the "long sleeve " is the Palazzina del Segretario della Cifra, the former papal Chiffrierstelle in which today is the home of the president. The main building, which enclose " long sleeves " and in the northwest on the Via delle Scuderie newer stables with his carriage museum, the four acres of beautiful gardens, in the center of which is from the 18th century, among others, by Ferdinando Fuga designed Coffee House. In the garden, the remains of the ancient temple of Quirinus were excavated.

Others

Before the Quirinale Palace is located on the Piazza del Quirinale the Dioskurenbrunnen with the Quirinale Obelisk. Situated opposite the Palazzo della Consulta, seat of the Italian Constitutional Court, and the Palazzo delle Scuderie al Quirinale, a senior royal stables, which now serves as the Art and Exhibition Hall ( Quirinal ). At the Via del Quirinale compared to the " long sleeves " the church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, which served the House of Savoy until 1946 when Hofkirche, and the Palazzo Sant'Andrea, formerly headquarters of the Ministry of the royal house and today the archives of the President.