The Palazzo Corsini is a prominent late-
baroque palace in
Rome, erected for the
Corsini family between 1730-1740 as an elaboration of the prior building on the site, a villa fo the
Riario family, based on designs of
Ferdinando Fuga. It is located in the rione
Trastevere and stands beside the
Villa Farnesina. During 1659-1689, the former Riario palace had hosted the eccentric
Christina, Queen of Sweden, who abdicated, converted, and moved to Rome. Under her patronage, this was the site for the first meetings of the Roman
Accademia dell'Arcadia. In 1736, the Florentine
cardinal Neri Corsini, nephew of
Clement XII (formerly Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini), acquired the villa and land, and commissioned the structure now standing. During the Napoleonic occupation of Rome, the palace hosted
Joseph Bonaparte.
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