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The corrent look of Navona square is owed to Pope Innocenzo X Pamphili, who ordered to build: S. Agnese in Agone Church, togheter with the Innocenziano College, the Rivers Fountain and the Pamphili Palace.
Innocenzo X became a Pope in 1644, after Pope Urbano VIII Barberini, known because of the conviction of Galileo. In that age the Catholic Church was hardly divided into a French party and a Spanish party. Galileo was supported by the Spanish party, while Pope Barberini was expression of the French party. This was the context that gave rise to the Galileo trial.
The conviction of Galileo wasn’t unanimous: the Spanish cardinal Lodovico Borgia (the Grand Inquisitor) and two other cardinals refused to sign the conviction. Unfortunately Pope Innocenzo X, linked to the Spanish party, came too late to save Galileo.
Pamphili Palace was designed by Gerolamo Rainaldi, son of Carlo, this bulding is remarkable only for the symmetry, but in the interior there are two Masterpieces:
the famous gallery by Borromini with the remarkable frescos “the Stories of Enea” by Pietro da Cortona.
Nowadays Pamphili Palace is the seat of the Brasilian Embassade.
If you want to visit the Palace: email: culturale@ambrasile.it, tel.06 – 683 981
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Photo 1, 2, 3: the Palace facade
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Photo 4: a portrait of Pope Innocenzo X by Velasquez
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Photo 5: a portrait of Innocenzo X by Bernini
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Photo 6: the gallery by Borromini
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Photo 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12: the frescos by Pietro da Cortona (Stories of Enea)
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