Piazza Venezia description and photos - Italy: Rome (Topic)

Piazza Venezia description and photos - Italy: Rome. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Piazza Venezia.

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On the west side of Piazza Venezia, there is the Palace of Venice, built by Bernardo Rossellino and designed by Leon Battista Alberti. This building housed the Embassy of Venice in Rome. As a Venetian property, during the occupation of Venice by the Austrians it belonged to the Austrian imperial government until 1916. Later Mussolini's government met here. Now the palace houses two museums: the National Museum of the Palazzo Venezia (a museum of decorative arts) and the Cere Museum, where you can see wax figures and the recreated interior of Mussolini's last study.

The Church of San Marco, towering on the square of the same name, is practically built to the Palace of Venice, although it belongs to the 4th century. Indeed, its foundation dates back to the reign of Pope Mark. In connection with the alterations of the Palace of Venice, the church was also rebuilt under the pontificate of Paul II, a native of their Venetian Barbo family, and in the 18th century, in accordance with the requirements of that era, it was reconstructed in the Baroque style, especially its interior. The facade of the church is decorated with a portico of three arches and an elegant loggia by Giuliano da Maiano.

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