Rome - Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi

This palace, on the way up to the Quirinal hill, was built (1611-16) by Vasanzio and Maderna for Cardinal Scipione Borghese and later enlarged for the French statesman Cardinal Mazarin, who was of Italian origin. It now belongs to the Pallavicini-Rospigliosi family and contains the Pallavicini picture collection, which includes early works by Rubens and works by Botticelli, Poussin, Lotto, Signorelli, Van Dyck and Ribera. In the small garden is the Pallavicini, the principal room in which has a famous ceiling painting of Aurora by Guido Reni.