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Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy #162118885
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Entrance of the Palazzo Venezia, formerly Palace of St. Mark appointed to the church of San Marco in Rome, Italy, The palace is located just north of the Capitoline Hill. In 1469 owned by Cardinal Pietro Barbo, nephew of Pope Eugenius IV and the future Pope Paul II it became a residential papal palace, having undergone a massive extension. In 1564, Pope Pius IV gave the mansion to the Venetian embassy to Rome. The palace currently houses the National Museum of the Palazzo Venezia. Benito Mussolini had his office in the Palazzo Venezia in the Sala del Mappamondo, and used its balcony overlooking the Piazza Venezia
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