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Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy #162118886
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The Benediction Loggia of Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Italy. Pope Paul II commissioned perhaps Alberti or Giuliano da Maiano to enlarge his palace in 1455, by incorporating into it the adjacent 9th-century basilica of San Marco. The palace`s old portico was transformed into a benediction loggia. The building manifests some of the first Renaissance architectural features in Rome. Palazzo Venezia currently houses the National Museum of the Palazzo Venezia.