Palazzo Corsini

The Palazzo Corsini is a palace in Rome.

The baroque building was rebuilt by the Corsini family 1730-1740. Before there was a certificate from the 15th century villa of the Riario family, which was designed by Ferdinando Fuga. There lived the to Catholicism came Queen Christina of Sweden. Here are the first meetings of the Academy of the Arcadia took place. 1736 acquired a native of Florence Cardinal Neri Corsini, nephew of Pope Clement XII. , The palace and the gardens. During the Napoleonic occupation of Rome in the palace was property of Joseph Bonaparte. In the palace of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and the Galleria Nazionale d' Arte Antica di Palazzo Corsini are currently housed. The gardens are part of the botanical garden Orto Botanica dell'Universita di Roma " La Sapienza ".