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appraisal<br />
Fig. 4 – Piazza Campitelli on a map from 1731 (ASR, Maps and Drawings, 80, n. 239)<br />
(Spinola 1995, tav. III, Fig. 4)<br />
Subsequently, in 1886 the building was sold by the descendants of Pacca to Countess Carolina Portalupi<br />
(1852-1891), who restored it, leaving it to her direct descendants, the Genoese Marquis Spinola [Maria<br />
Antonietta Spinola was later to marry the well-known politician Mario Cingolani (1883- 1971), while Bonifacio<br />
Spinola married his second cousin, Countess Marina Baldeschi (1895-1983)]. The restoration of the<br />
Palace could not be postponed further since the complex was in a poor state of repair as a result of years<br />
of neglect: the works concerned mainly parts of the courtyard, the stairs, and the interiors. Walls were<br />
consolidated; arches, vaulted ceilings, and floors were reinforced or rebuilt; the eaves, roofs and terraces<br />
were repaired; the stairs and the floors of the landings of the main staircase were completely renewed;<br />
and many ceilings were renovated – especially the decorated ones – as were the upholstery of the interior<br />
walls, with doors and windows. There are also some interventions documented in relation to a more proper<br />
distribution of water and the renovation of the bathrooms. This period also witnessed the construction of<br />
the new glass-covered gallery on the south-east, and probably the cant of the third floor towards Palazzo<br />
Cavalletti. The work was substantial, but left the structure of the building unchanged.