{"id":418,"date":"2026-03-20T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=418"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:35:15","slug":"palazzo-balestra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=418","title":{"rendered":"Palazzo\u00a0Balestra\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-287.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-419\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For\u00a0the\u00a0last\u00a0twenty\u00a0years\u00a0of\u00a0his\u00a0life\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>James\u00a0Stuart\u00a0(Old\u00a0Pretender<\/strong>)<\/span>,\u00a0the\u00a0son of the deposed English King James II and claimant to his father\u2019s throne, lived in the Palazzo Balestra together with his wife Maria Clementina Sobieska, granddaughter of the Polish king, John III Sobieski. The palace sits within the shadows of the Santi Apostoli Basilica. James died in the palazzo in 1766,\u00a0and\u00a0his body lay in state inside the basilica for five days before his royal burial service in St. Peter&#8217;s.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-288.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-420\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Three other palaces lie in the shadow of the Santi Apostoli Basilica:\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Palazzo\u00a0Odescalchi<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0a\u00a0<strong>Bernini\u00a0designed\u00a0facade<\/strong>,\u00a0Palazzo\u00a0Guglielmi, and Palazzo Colonna, owned still by the Colonna family. The Colonna Palace houses one of the City\u2019s\u00a0largest,\u00a0private art collections. Palazzo Odescalchi passed through the hands of several papal families (Colonna,\u00a0Ludovisi, Chigi) during the 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century before its acquisition by the Odescalchi in 1693. Many architects, including Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, contributed to its designs throughout several significant\u00a0renovations&nbsp;and&nbsp;additions.&nbsp;This&nbsp;palace&nbsp;and&nbsp;Palazzo&nbsp;Montecitorio&nbsp;were&nbsp;the only two Bernini designed in the&nbsp;City. In the 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century&nbsp;the palace was finally completed by the Odescalchi when seven bays were added to the&nbsp;fa\u00e7ade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-289.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-421\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For\u00a0the\u00a0last\u00a0twenty\u00a0years\u00a0of\u00a0his\u00a0life\u00a0James\u00a0Stuart\u00a0(Old\u00a0Pretender),\u00a0the\u00a0son of the deposed English King James II and claimant to his father\u2019s throne, lived in the Palazzo Balestra together with his wife Maria Clementina Sobieska, granddaughter of the Polish king, John III Sobieski. The palace sits within the shadows of the Santi Apostoli Basilica. James died in the palazzo in 1766,\u00a0and\u00a0his body lay in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}