Gargio 76

Review of Ambassade de France en Italie ...

French Embassy hosted since 1936 in the splendid F...

French Embassy hosted since 1936 in the splendid Farnese Palace. One of the most beautiful Renaissance buildings in Rome. It was designed by Antonio da San Gallo the Younger, proposes an orderly design and punctuated by decorative elements incorporated in the newsstands in which the openings are inscribed, and has served as an example and model for all the other Roman noble palaces that from the mid-1500s went multiplying in the different areas of the eternal city. Particular note is given by the cornice, extremely protruding and characterized by an almost sculptural architecture, it is the work of Michelangelo, when he took over the San Gallo after his death. Unfortunately the palace houses the French embassy and this prevents us from admiring the extraordinary Sangallese interiors. Not to be missed @ gargio76