Detail of the Quirinale Palace façade.Image by ptra from Pixabay

Luxurious carriages for children drawn by ponies or baby goats, an endless collection of nineteenth-century ceramics, and royal baby prams pushed by servants, will be displayed to the public at the Quirinale Palace.

Halls filled with tapestry collections, chandeliers made of Murano glass, frescoes, period clocks and much more will be shown on guided visits through the palace which was once the residence of popes and now house to Italian presidents. The aim is not only to give an historical-artistic point of view, but it is also a journey inside art as well as a glimpse inside a part of Italian history and a way to understand better the functioning of one of the most important political institutions designed by the country’s founding fathers.

Some spaces, that are no longer used as offices, have an exhibition about the history of the palace in his historical-political development, with rooms that describe the residency of the popes, the Savoys and the twelve presidents of the republic. All is accompanied by books, previously exhibited documents and the original text of the constitution. 


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