Palazzo Braschi
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Palazzo Braschi is a large, late Roccoco palace in Rome, Italy. It is located between Piazza Navona, Campo de Fiori (and Corso Vittorio Emanuele II), and the Piazza di Pasquino. It presently houses the civic museum of Rome (Museo di Roma). It was designed by Morelli and built over a number of decades of the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century.
The main entrance is on Via San Pantaleo (between Piazza Navona and Corso Vittorio Emanuele). The oval hall at the main entrance overlooks via San Pantaleo, and leads to the monumental staircase with its eighteen red granite columns coming from the gallery built by emperor Caligula on the banks of the Tiber. Along the staircase there are ancient sculptures and fine stuccoes, inspired by Achilles’ myth. The architect Giuseppe Valadier probably contributed to its execution.
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