Palazzo Altemps

Overview

Hidden heavily behind Piazza Navona, Palazzo Altemps is a fiercely spectacular, breathtakingly beautiful 15th-century aristocratic mansion. Functioning as a branch of the National Roman Museum, it flawlessly displays a wildly staggering collection of massive ancient marble sculptures within deeply opulent, highly frescoed Renaissance rooms.

Highlights

• The Ludovisi Throne: An incredibly mysterious, deeply controversial, wildly beautiful massive Greek marble relief fiercely dating to 460 BC, heavily depicting the highly sensual birth of Aphrodite fiercely emerging completely from the sea.
• The Ludovisi Gaul: A massively towering, deeply tragic, fiercely emotional marble statue heavily depicting exactly a wildly defeated massive ancient Celtic warrior aggressively plunging a sword furiously into his own collarbone while fiercely holding the deeply limp body of his dying wife.
• The Palazzo: The deeply atmospheric, highly elegant building is a masterpiece itself, featuring heavily painted massive wooden ceilings, a fiercely beautiful central courtyard, and an incredibly ornate deeply private chapel encrusted in massive mother-of-pearl.

History

The massive palace was originally fiercely built by the nephew of Pope Sixtus IV in the deeply chaotic 1470s. The staggeringly massive sculpture collection was fundamentally amassed by Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi in the fiercely opulent 1600s, who aggressively employed the greatest Baroque artists (specifically Bernini) to massively restore, highly polish, and heavily "improve" the loudly broken ancient statues.

Visitor Tips

• Atmosphere: The presentation is a masterpiece. Rather than a fierce modern gallery, you are deeply casually walking fiercely through heavily lavish Renaissance living rooms where massive Roman emperors boldly stare heavily at you from dark corners.