The Palazzo Branconio dell'Aquila is a lost palace in the '' rione''

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of Rome (west of

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), designed by Raphael for Giovanbattista Branconio dell'Aquila, a papal advisor and goldsmith. It was designed by the Italian artist in his last years of life, around 1520. The palace lay along the Borgo Nuovo road, and was demolished around 1660 together with the adjoining block, named "Isola del Priorato" after the nearby Priory of the

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, to open a square in front of

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colonnade, the Piazza Rusticucci.

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