The Quirinal Palace stands atop the Quirinal Hill in Rome, begun in 1583 as a summer residence for Pope Gregory XIII and expanded by successive popes over the following two centuries into the largest palace in Rome by floor area. It served as the official papal residence until Italian unification in 1870, after which it became the royal palace of the Kingdom of Italy under the House of Savoy, and since 1946 it has served as the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic. The building's long construction history under multiple architects, including Domenico Fontana, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, left it without a single unified architectural style, instead layering Mannerist, Baroque and later Neoclassical elements across its facades and interiors. Its extensive gardens and the adjoining stables, later converted into a gallery space, remain part of the presidential complex today, and a changing of the guard ceremony at its main gate continues as a public event in central Rome.
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Completed YearInfobox Completed field gives 1583, but existing description says construction began in 1583 and continued for two centuries; treat as start year Building Typepalace, official presidential residence 1 Completed Year Classification
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Wikipedia: Quirinal Palace
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Quirinal Palace
Infobox, type
Official residence of the President of Italy
Infobox, location
Rome, Italy
Infobox, completed
1583
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Quirinal Palace stands atop the Quirinal Hill in Rome, begun in 1583 as a summer residence for Pope Gregory XIII and expanded by successive popes over the following two centuries into the largest palace in Rome by floor area. It served as the official papal residence until Italian unification in 1870, after which it became the royal palace of the Kingdom of Italy under the House of Savoy, and since 1946 it has served as the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic. The building's long construction history under multiple architects, including Domenico Fontana, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, left it without a single unified architectural style, instead layering Mannerist, Baroque and later Neoclassical elements across its facades and interiors. Its extensive gardens and the adjoining stables, later converted into a gallery space, remain part of the presidential complex today, and a changing of the guard ceremony at its main gate continues as a public event in central Rome.
In Style: Baroque Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Baroque palaces in Rome
View the Source2. Wikidata: Quirinal Palace
- Wikidata Q223079, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q223079, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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