15 September 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Palazzo Madama in
Rome is the seat of the
Senate of the Italian Republic , the upper house of the
Italian Parliament . After the extinction of the Medici
in 1743 , the palace was handed over to the
House of Lorraine and, later, to
Pope Benedict XIV , who made it the seat of the
Papal Government . In 1849,
Pius IX moved here the Ministries of Finances and of the Public Debt, as well as the Papal Post Offices. In 1871, after the conquest of Rome by the newly formed
Kingdom of Italy , the palazzo became the seat of the
Senate of the Kingdom of Italy .
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12 August 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The Palazzo Montecitorio is a palace in
Rome and the seat of the
Italian Chamber of Deputies . The palace’s name derives from the slight hill on which it is built, which was claimed to be the
Mons Citatorius , the hill created in the process of clearing the
Campus Martius in Roman times.
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