Palazzo Farnese, Rome
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Palazzo Farnese is a prominent High Renaissance palace in Rome, which currently houses the French Embassy in Italy.
"The most imposing Italian palace of the sixteenth century", according to Sir Banister Fletcher(1), this palace was designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484-1546), one of Bramante's assistants in the design of St. Peter's. Construction began in 1515 after one or two years of preparation, commissioned by Alessandro Farnese, who had been appointed as a Cardinal in 1493 at...
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