Legals

appraisal
Historical-critical report
The Albertoni Spinola Palace, with an entrance in Campitelli square n. 2, is located in the 10th District
(Rione Campitelli).
The facade of the palace towards Piazza Campitelli was built between 1603 and the years immediately
following (Fig. 1), with some interventions in late 1616.
Fig. 1 – Front of the Paluzzi Albertoni Palace from an engraving by Giovan Battista Falda (ca. 1675)
(Spinola 1995, tav. I)
The work was commissioned by Marquis Baldassarre Paluzzi Albertone initially to Giacomo della Porta (ca.
1540-1602), then continued and completed by Girolamo Rainaldi (1570-1655), in an area likely to be rebuilt
between the buildings De Rossi (later Cavalletti) and Capizucchi.
The work of Della Porta involved the project and the construction of the bearing structures and the internal
partitions of the big building, in the years between 1560 and 1580 (Fig . 2).
Particularly:
A) He integrated the new construction into the ancient preexisting Palazzetto, allowing this unit to extend
and merge into the new construction without being able to recognize that you are in one side or in the other
part of the Palazzo;
B) He created and maintained a direct view of the entry of Santa Maria (which is the Campitelli Church located
in front of the Palazzo Albertoni Spinola) from the original door of the Palazzetto, despite having built
the great Palazzo in front of what preexisted building; In fact, the entrance gallery of the building forms a
diagonal connection between the square and the inner courtyard.
C) He has made possible the use of the old roof secret garden of the Palazzetto with the first floor of the
Palazzo, making this unit a unique property of its kind.