Palazzo Corsini alla Lungara
You’ve got one of Rome’s late-Baroque powerhouses here: Palazzo Corsini, built for the Corsini family between 1730 and 1740. The architect tying it all together is Ferdinando Fuga, working to elaborate an older 15th-century Riario villa that already stood on this same site. Before the Corsini commissioned this version, the palace belonged to the Riario family—and it even became a Roman stage for Christina, Queen of Sweden, who lived here after her abdication and later helped shape intellectual life in Rome. Under her patronage, the site hosted the early meetings of the Accademia dell’Arcadia. In 1736, Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini, nephew of Pope Clement XII, acquired the property and set the building in motion. And when the Napoleonic occupation arrived, the palace welcomed Joseph Bonaparte. …
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