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via del Babuino Via del Babuino is a street in the historic centre of Rome (Italy), located in the rione Campo Marzio. It connects Piazza del Popolo to Piazza di Spagna and is part of the complex of streets known as Tridente. History The origins of Via del Bab ...

196 , location_city = Rome , location_country = ITA , coordinates = {{coord, 41, 54, 36, N, 12, 28, 48, E, type:landmark_scale:2500 , altitude = , current_tenants = , namesake = , groundbreaking_date = , start_date = 1818 , stop_date = 1821 , est_completion = , topped_out_date = , completion_date = , opened_date = , inauguration_date = , relocated_date = , renovation_date = , closing_date = , demolition_date = , cost = , ren_cost = , client = , owner = , landlord = , affiliation = , height = , architectural = , tip = , antenna_spire = , roof = , top_floor = , observatory = , diameter = , circumference = , weight = , other_dimensions = , structural_system = , material = , size = , floor_count = , floor_area = , elevator_count = , grounds_area = , architect = , architecture_firm = , developer = , engineer = , structural_engineer = , services_engineer = , civil_engineer = , other_designers = , quantity_surveyor = , main_contractor = , awards = , designations = , known_for = , ren_architect = , ren_firm = , ren_engineer = , ren_str_engineer = , ren_serv_engineer = , ren_civ_engineer = , ren_oth_designers = , ren_qty_surveyor = , ren_contractor = , ren_awards = , rooms = , parking = , website = , embed = , embedded = , references = , footnotes = Palazzo Nainer is a palace in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

, in the

Rione A (; plural: ) is a neighbourhood in several Italian cities. A is a territorial subdivision. The larger administrative subdivisions in Rome are the , with the being used only in the historic centre. The word derives from the Latin , the 14 su ...

Campo Marzio Campo Marzio is the 4th ''rione'' of Rome, identified by the initials R. IV. It belongs to the Municipio I and covers a smaller section of the area of the ancient ''Campus Martius''. The logo of this rione is a silver crescent on a blue backgrou ...

, at number 196 of

, near

Piazza del Popolo Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language, Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the Populus, poplars (''populus'' in Latin language, Latin, ''pioppo'' in Italian) ...

. It was built between 1818 and 1821 on a former monastery of the Augustinians, as a part of the new urban and architectural plan created by

Giuseppe Valadier Giuseppe Valadier (April 14, 1762 – February 1, 1839) was an Italian architect and designer, urban planner and archaeologist and a chief exponent of Neoclassicism in Italy. Biography The son of a goldsmith, Luigi (1726–1785), Valadier was born ...

for Piazza del Popolo and its Tridente. The building, which borders the church of Santa Maria in Montesanto, shows a characteristic long facade divided into three parts. The central part, where the entrance of the ''Piranesi Hotel'' is nowadays, has three orders and is marked by

Lesene A lesene, also called a pilaster strip, is an architectural term for a narrow, low-relief vertical pillar on a wall. It resembles a pilaster, but does not have a base or capital. It is typical in Lombardic and Rijnlandish architectural building ...

s: the upper order is punctuated by windows with small balconies and a beautiful

bossage Bossage is uncut stone that is laid in place in a building, projecting outward from the building, to later be carved into decorative moldings, capitals, arms, etc. Bossages are also rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond ...

frame separates it from the two lower orders. A terrace with balustrade runs along the entire central part of the building. In the mid-nineteenth century it was bought by the nobleman and art collector Giampietro Campana, who here preserved and exhibited a part of his famous collection of Greek and Roman sculpture and antiquities. The building was raised in 1872, during the restoration works that involved the whole Rione after the proclamation of Rome as the Capital of Italy. Today part of the building houses the Piranesi Hotel, while the rest is used for private homes.

Bibliography

* Giorgio Carpaneto, ''I palazzi di Roma'', Rome, Newton & Compton, 2004 Nainer Rome R. IV Campo Marzio