Palazzo della Consulta

The Palazzo della Consulta is the seat of the Italian Constitutional Court in Rome.

Location

The Palazzo is located on the Quirinal Hill, opposite the Quirinal Palace. Its front facing the Piazza del Quirinale, further it is situated on two streets Vicolo Mazzarino and Via della Consulta.

History

The Palazzo della Fabbrica was as Sagra Consulta under Pope Clement XII. built. The architect was commissioned Ferdinando Fuga. Five years, from 1732 to 1737, took the construction of the building, which was both the seat of the Sacra Congregation della Consulta, as well as the Segnatura dei Brevi, a kind of Papal Court and Council of State. Parts of the Palazzo della Consulta served as barracks for the cavalry Garden, Cavalleggeri and Corazze ( Guardia Nobile Pontificia ) that protected the papal carriage among others. A smaller palace demolished and ruined remains of Constantine's Baths have been removed for the construction of the Palazzo.

After the Prefettura del Tevere had been housed in the Palazzo during the Napoleonic occupation of Rome (1797-1815), he served in 1849 as the seat of government of the Second Roman Republic. 1870 was the Palazzo into Italian state owned and was initially the residence of the Crown Prince. Four years later, the State Department found in him his seat from 1924 until its dissolution in 1953, the Ministry for the Colonies (later the Ministry for Italian Africa) housed in it.

In Article 1 of the Law of 18 March 1958, the Palazzo was established as the seat of the Italian Constitutional Court, but which resided in it since 1955.

Architecture

The trapezoidal building features a nearly square courtyard where there is a parking lot. The piano nobile is the magnificent fully painted apartment of Cardinal of the Sacra Congregation with motifs representing, for a papal cultural commitment and portray to the other members of the House of Savoy.