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| Corso Rinascimento |
If you walk along Corso Rinascimento in the evening you come across many different politicians in the process of leaving Palazzo Madama, the main Baroque facade on this street. Here is where the Senate sits.
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| Palazzo Madama by Simona Albanese |
Originally the palace belonged to the Crescenzi family, a powerful Roman family, to then pass to the Medici family during the 16th century as part of the dowry of Alfonsina Orsini. Only later the current façade was enlarged to receive this enormous entrance. The name of the palazzo “Madama” has its origin in Margaret of Parma, illegitimate daughter of Charles V, who married Alessandro de’ Medici first and then Ottavio Farnese. The palace was purchased by the Pope Benedict XIV in 1740, to become successively the residence of the Governor of Rome and finally the seat of the Ministry of Finance for a short period of time during the second half of the 19th century.
Today the palace is the seat of the Senato della Repubblica or Italian senate, which together with the Camera dei Deputati in Montecitorio, compose the Italian Parliament.
Open to the public on the first Saturday of each month, excluded August, this place is worth a visit!
Buona visita!!
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