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Attilio Spaccarelli. This entailed the reduction of the number of windows from twelve to eight, the shortening of the yard (which was a typical example of Renaissance ring yard) and the destruction – among other things – of the east wing with the monumental staircase and the angular tower. During
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ceilings, the most notable of them being the one decorated with the coat of arms of the house of Cesi. In 1950 a living room at the ground floor has been decorated with ten frescoes representing the seats of the
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burst into the city pulling down a wall of his palace's garden while he was trying to bury there his jewels and the treasure of the pope. The palace was pillaged by the soldiers, and
Armellini was barely able to escape to
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the German occupation of Rome in World War II, the palace hosted many people (most of them Jews) escaping the
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in 1527, since in 1525 he unwisely advised the Pope to discharge almost all his soldiers, leaving the city almost without defense. On 6 May 1527, the
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render, contains several shopfronts. The main portal, which was moved during the reduction of the façade from 12 to 8 bays, is flanked by two
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representing women and winged putti. Behind the loggia there are several rooms decorated during the
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bears a monumental marble coat of arms of the Cesi family. The upper façade shows exposed bricks, and is chanted by double
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Palazzo Cesi in its original form with 12 windows and the angular tower, still along the Borgo
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