Piazza Farnese

Date: 1517-1589 (Palazzo)
Main Work: Palazzo Farnese
Image View Description: Exterior: View from NE (of the Palazzo, exact center of the piazza)
Creator: Sangallo, Antonio da, the younger (Italian architect, 1484-1546)
Style/Period: Renaissance
Culture: Italian
Subject: Palazzo Farnese (Rome, Italy)
Location: Rome (Italy)
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)
Image Source: Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University
Photographer: Gina Ciancone
Record ID: 1213_rome2012_piazzafarnese_vr_002


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