Palazzo Della Porta Negroni Caffarelli
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This Palazzo should not be confused with the Palazzo Caffarelli-Clementino, the Palazzo Viddoni Caffarelli or the Palazzo Aragona Gonzaga Negroni Galitzin, also in Rome.
Palazzo Della Porta Negroni Caffarelli is a large townhouse
located at Via Condotti
61, Rome. It was originally built in the 17th century. However, it was completely rebuilt for the Negroni family in 1865. In style, built around a central courtyard, the building resembles the Renaissance
palazzi of the 16th century.
The palazzo owes its double name not so much to frequent changes of ownership, as is generally the case with Itlalian palazzi, but to the multiple titles of the Negroni. Its builder, Don Giuseppe, Conte Negroni, later became Duke Caffarelli. The family titles also included the Dukedom of d’Assergi. The Duke died in 1882 and was succeeded by his son, Duke Francesco Di Paola Negroni Caffarelli. The Della Porta were an old patrician family who owned the original palazzo on the site.
In 1893, the palazzo was damaged by fire. During the blaze an important archive of photographic negatives accumalated by the eminent architectural writer John Henry Parker
were destroyed.
Today, like those of many other Roman palazzi, the ground floor is occupied by shops and boutiques.
Palazzo Della Porta Negroni Caffarelli is a large townhouse
Townhouse
A townhouse is the term historically used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in many other countries to describe a residence of a peer or member of the aristocracy in the capital or major city. Most such figures owned one or more country houses in which they lived for much of the year...
located at Via Condotti
Via Condotti
Via Condotti is a busy and fashionable street of Rome, Italy. In Roman times it was one of the streets that crossed the ancient Via Flaminia and enabled people who transversed the Tiber to reach the Pincio hill. It begins at the foot of the Spanish steps and is named after conduits or channels...
61, Rome. It was originally built in the 17th century. However, it was completely rebuilt for the Negroni family in 1865. In style, built around a central courtyard, the building resembles the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
palazzi of the 16th century.
The palazzo owes its double name not so much to frequent changes of ownership, as is generally the case with Itlalian palazzi, but to the multiple titles of the Negroni. Its builder, Don Giuseppe, Conte Negroni, later became Duke Caffarelli. The family titles also included the Dukedom of d’Assergi. The Duke died in 1882 and was succeeded by his son, Duke Francesco Di Paola Negroni Caffarelli. The Della Porta were an old patrician family who owned the original palazzo on the site.
In 1893, the palazzo was damaged by fire. During the blaze an important archive of photographic negatives accumalated by the eminent architectural writer John Henry Parker
John Henry Parker
John Henry Parker CB , English writer on architecture and publisher, was the son of John Parker, a London merchant....
were destroyed.
Today, like those of many other Roman palazzi, the ground floor is occupied by shops and boutiques.