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The Pamphilj Palace in Piazza
Navona, today the Brasilian Embassy was built by
Girolamo and Carlo Rainaldi, but Innoncent X, who had
the family home at heart, called on Francesco
Borromini to take part.
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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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The 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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