Palazzo Pamphilj

The Palazzo Pamphili Palazzo Pamphili or is a palace in Piazza Navona in Rome. It was built between 1644 and 1650 in the style of High Baroque.

1470 acquired Antonio Pamphili three houses in the southwest corner of the square. When in 1644 his descendant Giovanni Battista Pamphili Pope Innocent X ( 1644-55 ) was elected, were Girolamo Rainaldi and later Francesco Borromini commissioned to develop the property to the new Palazzo Pamphili. Girolamo Rainaldi built the facade. The adjoining gallery ( ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona), the great hall and the oval staircase created Francesco Borromini. Innocent X gave the palace his sister Olimpia Maidalchini that exerted great influence on him politically.

In 23 rooms there are numerous frescoes, for example, by Giacinto Gemignani, Gaspard Dughet and Pier Francesco Mola. The rooms are built high and richly decorated. The building has three courtyards. 1652-72 the palace church of Sant ' Agnese in Agnone was included in the complex of buildings.

The Palazzo Pamphili is since 1920 the Brazilian Embassy in Italy as a service building. The country acquired the building in 1961.

Another palace of the family is the Palazzo Doria Pamphili, also in Rome. Another Palazzo Doria Pamphili is in - Valmontone in the province of Rome.