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4-628: Palazzo Madama might refer to: Palazzo Madama, Rome Palazzo Madama, Turin Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Palazzo Madama . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palazzo_Madama&oldid=1089330999 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

8-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Palazzo Madama, Rome It was built atop the ruins of the ancient baths of Nero , next to Piazza Navona . The terrain had been acquired in the Middle Ages by the monks of the Abbey of Farfa , who later ceded it to France . The new building was begun at the end of the 15th century and completed in 1505, for

12-684: The Medici family. It housed two Medici cardinals and cousins, Giovanni and Giulio, who both later became popes as Leo X and Clement VII , respectively. Catherine de' Medici , Clement VII's niece, also lived here before she was married to Henry, son of King Francis I of France in 1533. Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte , patron of the artist Caravaggio , lived there until his death in 1627. The palace takes its name from Madama Margherita of Austria , illegitimate daughter of Emperor Charles V , who married another illegitimate son, Alessandro de' Medici and, after his death, Ottavio Farnese . Thus part of

16-636: The art collection of the Florentine Medici family was inherited by the Farnese family. The current façade was built in the mid-1650s by both Cigoli and Paolo Maruccelli . The latter added the ornate cornice and whimsical decorative urns on the roof. After the extinction of the Medici in 1743 , the palace was handed over to the House of Lorraine and, later, to Pope Benedict XIV , who made it

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