Palazzo Altieri

The Palazzo Altieri is a palace in Rome. He stands in Via del Plebiscito in Piazza del Gesù, opposite the church of the Gesù in Rione Pigna. The complex occupies the entire district between Via del Plebiscito, Via Gesù, Via Santo Stefano del Cacco and Via degli Astalli.

The Altieri family had at this place for quite some time individual houses. Beginning of the 17th century could be summed Lorenzo Altieri these individual houses. Until 1655, the architect Giovanni Antonio de Rossi completed the palace in the order of Cardinal Giambattista Altieri. With the election of Emilio Altieri Pope Clement X in 1670 de Rossi got again to expand the palace the order. After the death of de Rossi in 1695 broke away in quick succession, the architect Alessandro Speroni, Clemente Orlandi and Giuseppe Barbieri in the site management.

Note the Baroque facade at Piazza del Gesù. Through a columned entrance, you enter an atrium, through which one reaches the first courtyard with Ionic pilasters. A portico separates the first from the larger second courtyard.

Inside, the staircase is noteworthy, which was one of the most elaborate of his time. It is also significant the fresco by Carlo Maratta, Triumph of gentleness.

In the palace library and the family archive of the Altieri are housed. This is a bust of Clement X by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

In an apartment in the palace, the actress Anna Magnani lived for many years until her death in 1973. Their last film appearance in the film Fellini's Roma she had there on their doorstep.