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The Pamphilj Palace in Piazza
Navona, today the Brasilian Embassy, was built by
Girolamo and Carlo Rainaldi, but Innocent X, who had
the family home at heart, called on Francesco
Borromini to take part.
The work by the man from Ticino (1645 - 50) was
documented by some designs that illustrate the
splendour of the project.
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decoration of the Great Gallery is by Borromini -
then splendidly frescoed with the Stories of Aeneas
by Pietro da Cortona – and of his head outside, with
the "Serlian" window, also repeated on the opposite
side of the church of St. Agnes, and the barrel
vaulted ceiling in the great room called Palestine,
placed between the two internal courtyards.
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