Palace of the Princes

Built in the second half of the seventeenth century by the will of Cardinal Gaspare di Carpegna, the monumental family residence was designed by the Roman architect Giovanni Antonio De 'Rossi and it took about twenty years to build it.
The building is spread over several floors connected by a monumental central staircase and small service stairs.
In the basement with entrance on the street level, we find the stables and large kitchens.
The first floor, which can be accessed from the outside thanks to the two flights of stairs placed symmetrically on the front of the Palace or from the garden at the back, houses a large atrium and the family chapel.
Going up the stairs you enter the main floor, with the throne room dominated by the imposing canopy with the family crest, the archive-library, the green room with the family portraits and the yellow room, enriched with precious furniture and accessories gilded in eighteenth-century style.
The building was the scene of several important historical events, including the battle between the brigand Mason dla Blona and the papal troops at the end of the 800 and, more recently, the extraordinary rescue by Pasquale Rotondi, who during the Second World War world-wide hidden in this place and in the nearby Rocca di Sassocorvaro thousands of works of art to preserve them from the looting of the retreating Nazis.