Palazzo Salviati, Renaissance palace in Trastevere, Rome, Italy.
Palazzo Salviati stands at Via della Lungara 82-83, on the Trastevere bank of the Tiber. Giulio Romano designed it around 1520 for Filippo Adimari, camerario of Leo X, on land owned by Orazio Farnese; its long facade is split into five sections by vertical bossages, with a central portal under a balcony on large corbels. Nanni di Baccio Bigio completed the upper floors and rear in 1569, and a wing added in 1933 closes the courtyard. It now houses the Istituto Alti Studi per la Difesa.
The palace was built in the first half of the 16th century by Filippo Adimari on a former vineyard site. Cardinal Giovanni Salviati acquired the building in 1552 and gave it his name.
The palace's name comes from Cardinal Giovanni Salviati, who bought it in 1552 from Filippo Adimari's family; his brother Bernardo, Prior of the Order of Malta, then held it. Inside, on the first floor, Giulio Romano designed a chapel in Bramante's style. A shrine in the building recalls the military college suppressed in the 20th century.
The building now serves as a research institute and can only be viewed from the street, with the facade clearly visible from ground level. The best time for photographs is in the early morning or late afternoon when light highlights the facade details.
In October 1943, the building served as a temporary detention facility for Jewish citizens awaiting deportation during World War II. This dark chapter remains an important part of the site's local history that many visitors overlook.
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