Typology:
Buildings
Address
Address:
Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13
Zone:
Rione Regola (Campo de' Fiori-Piazza Farnese) (Roma centro)
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Contacts
Telephone:
0039 06 6832409 - 6874896
Fax:
0039 06 6861158
Web site:
http://galleriaspada.beniculturali.it/
Opening times
Tue-Sun 8:30am-7:30pm
Closed Monday, 1 May, 25 December, 1 January
On Easter Monday, April 5th, the Museum will remain open following the usual opening time
closed on Tuesday April 6
Ticket office closes 30 minutes before closing time.
Description
The Spada Gallery is housed in the Palace of the same name, once the property of Cardinal Girolamo Capodiferro (1502-1559), who, around 1548, began to have it built on the site of preexisting buildings belonging to his family, by Bartolomeo Baronino (1551-1554) di casale Monferrato. After the death of Cardinal Capodiferro the palace passed to the Mignanelli family and was then bought in 1632 by Cardinal Bernardino Spada (1594-1661) for 3200 scudos. From the moment the Cardinal took up residence, he decided not only to set up the basis of an art collection, but also decided on a series of modifications employing various painters, sculptors and architects.
See also
Culture and leisure › Cultural heritage › Museums
Last checked:
2012-12-10 16:33