Palazzo Spada

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Palazzo Spada is a 16th-century Roman palace renowned for its richly decorated Baroque interiors and the famous forced-perspective colonnade by Francesco Borromini in its courtyard.

All labels observed (4)

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Palazzo Spada canonical 10
Galleria Spada 1
Palazzo Spada complex 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf museum
palace
architecturalStyle Baroque architecture
linked to: Baroque

Renaissance architecture
city Rome
commissionedBy Cardinal Girolamo Capodiferro
constructionEnd 1550s
constructionStart 1540s
containsArtwork ancient statue of Pompey the Great
country Italy
designerOfColonnade Francesco Borromini
era 16th century
function art gallery
state museum
hasArchitect Francesco Borromini
hasArtCollectionFocus 16th-century painting
17th-century painting
Baroque painting
hasCourtyard courtyard with Borromini’s perspective gallery
hasFacadeStyle Mannerist decoration
hasNotableFeature forced-perspective colonnade
illusionistic perspective gallery
richly decorated Baroque interiors
hasNotableRoom Sala di Pompeo
hasPerspectiveGalleryApparentLength approximately 35 meters
hasPerspectiveGalleryLength approximately 8 meters
heritageDesignation cultural heritage site in Italy
housesCollection Galleria Spada
laterOwner Cardinal Bernardino Spada
Spada family
locatedIn Piazza Capo di Ferro
Rome
rione Regola
linked to: Rione Regola
managedBy Italian Ministry of Culture
namedAfter Spada family
openToPublic yes
originalOwner Cardinal Girolamo Capodiferro
region Lazio
renovatedBy Francesco Borromini
renovationPeriod 1630s
touristAttraction yes
usedAs seat of the Council of State of Italy

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polo Museale del Lazio hasPart Galleria Spada
linked to: Palazzo Spada
Council of State (Italy) seat Palazzo Spada
subject linked to: Council of State
Regola hasNotableBuilding Palazzo Spada
subject linked to: Regola rione
Council of State of Italy seat Palazzo Spada
Palazzo Spada courtyard locatedIn Palazzo Spada
Palazzo Spada courtyard partOf Palazzo Spada complex
linked to: Palazzo Spada
Piazza Capo di Ferro knownFor Palazzo Spada
subject linked to: Piazza Capo di Ferro, Rome
Piazza Capo di Ferro hasNotableBuilding Palazzo Spada
subject linked to: Piazza Capo di Ferro, Rome
Via di Monserrato hasBuilding Palazzo Spada
subject linked to: Via di Monserrato, Rome
Bernardino Spada residence Palazzo Spada
subject linked to: Cardinal Bernardino Spada
President of the Council of State (Italy) hasSeatIn Palazzo Spada, Rome
linked to: Palazzo Spada
Regola contains Palazzo Spada