{"id":441,"date":"2026-03-20T11:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=441"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:35:47","slug":"piazza-colonna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=441","title":{"rendered":"Piazza\u00a0Colonna\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-307.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-307.png 444w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-307-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although\u00a0Piazza\u00a0Colonna\u00a0takes\u00a0its\u00a0name\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0ancient,\u00a0marble,\u00a0<strong>Column of Marcus Aurelius\u00a0<\/strong>erected there in the second\u00a0century,\u00a0it has served the\u00a0City\u00a0as an open public space for over two millennia.\u00a0The piazza includes several\u00a0very\u00a0diverse\u00a0palaces,\u00a0one\u00a0of\u00a0which,\u00a0the\u00a016<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Palazzo\u00a0Chigi<\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong>has, since 1961, houses the seat of the Council of Ministers and residence of the\u00a0<strong>Prime Minister of Italy, the head of the government of the Republic of Italy.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-308.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-308.png 328w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-308-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the prime minister, de facto chief executive of the state is appointed by the President of the Republic, he must have the official support (confidence) of Parliament to remain in office.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">During the Fascist\u00a0regime\u00a0the\u00a0palazzo\u00a0housed\u00a0the\u00a0Office\u00a0of\u00a0the Foreign\u00a0Ministry\u00a0whose\u00a0head\u00a0was\u00a0Mussolini<\/span>. He delivered his first major speeches from its balcony\u00a0<\/strong>until he moved his headquarters to Palazzo Venezia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"301\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-309.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-444\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Giacomo\u00a0della\u00a0Porta\u00a0<\/strong>designed\u00a0the\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Palazzo\u00a0Ferrajoli<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0the\u00a016<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century where, in the early 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century, Cardinal\u00a0Fesch, the uncle of Napoleon\u00a0Bonaparte\u00a0resided.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-311.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-311.png 321w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-311-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Palazzo\u00a0Wedekind<\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong>a\u00a017<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century\u00a0palace\u00a0built\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0ancient\u00a0Temple\u00a0of Marcus Aurelius and later re-designed in the 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Giuseppe\u00a0Valadier. Sixteen Ionic columns transported from the Etruscan city of Veii\u00a0<\/strong>conquered by Romans in the 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0BC\u00a0make\u00a0up its colonnade. Since its construction, it has served many purposes, including that of a papal post office and, in the mid-1940\u2019s, it became the first office of the National Fascist Party in the City.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"306\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-310.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-310.png 306w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-310-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fountain<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>of the piazza, designed by Giacomo dell Porta and commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII in the 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century, delivered potable water from the Aqua\u00a0Vergine\u00a0to the residents of area. Its original pink, Greek,\u00a0marble\u00a0basin, repaired\u00a0by\u00a0Bernini\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a017<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century,\u00a0was\u00a0damaged in the 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century and replaced by the current one with the addition of dolphins and seashells.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-312.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-312.png 325w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-312-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although\u00a0Piazza\u00a0Colonna\u00a0takes\u00a0its\u00a0name\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0ancient,\u00a0marble,\u00a0Column of Marcus Aurelius\u00a0erected there in the second\u00a0century,\u00a0it has served the\u00a0City\u00a0as an open public space for over two millennia.\u00a0The piazza includes several\u00a0very\u00a0diverse\u00a0palaces,\u00a0one\u00a0of\u00a0which,\u00a0the\u00a016th\u00a0century\u00a0Palazzo\u00a0Chigi,\u00a0has, since 1961, houses the seat of the Council of Ministers and residence of the\u00a0Prime Minister of Italy, the head of the government of the Republic of Italy.\u00a0 While the prime minister, de facto&#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-441","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441","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=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}