Piazza Farnese

Exterior: View from NE (of the Palazzo, near center of the piazza)

Creator

Italian
architect
1484-1546
Italian
architect
1475-1564
Italian
architect
1507-1573
Italian
architect
1532-1602
Main Work
Palazzo Farnese
Date

1517-1589 (Palazzo)

Location

Geographic Coordinates
41.895129, 12.471204
Notes

Piazza Farnese is dominated by the most important Renaissance architecture in history, the Palazzo Farnese. This entry is written on the basis of Palazzo Farnese as the main artwork. Also there are the two “bathtub” fountains, whose elements are known to have been taken from the Baths of Caracalla. NW corner houses the Chiesa di Santa Brigida (14th C)

Style/Period

Culture

Subject

Palazzo Farnese (Rome, Italy)
Paul III, Pope (Alessandro Farnese II)
Image Date
12-Mar
Image Source

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Photographer