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The Altemps Palace, National Roman Museum in Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Altemps Palace, National Roman Museum in Rome, Italy

Apartments of Roberto Altemps or Hall of the Mattei collection in the Altemps Palace National Roman Museum in Rome Italy. In the hall are displayed the sculptures originating from the Villa Celimontana in Rome and part of the Mattei collection. Located near Piazza Navona the Altemps Palace is one of the most interesting examples of Renaissance architecture in Rome. Erected during the fifteenth century by the Riario family and refurbished a century later under the orders of Cardinal Marco Sittico Altemps, Palazzo Altemps since 1997 it is one of the four seats of the National Roman Museum. The Palazzo Altemps houses an important collection of Greek and Roman sculpture that belonged to several families of the Roman nobility between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.