Output details
16 - Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
University of Kent
Book title
Palazzo Mancini
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato
ISBN of book
978-8-824010-5-80
Year of publication
2011
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
In Italian
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
1 - Centre for Research in European Architecture (CREAte)
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
The book examines the complex history of the Palazzo Mancini. Conceived by Cardinal Jules Mazarin in 1660, the palace was built in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Consequently, it makes an exemplary case study of construction practices and building techniques of the period. Its history embodies the social and political relations between the French and Roman courts; not least because the Palazzo Mancini housed the seat of the French Academy of Rome for most of the eighteenth century. Overall, the book covers the entire history of the palace, from its early designs to its many transformations.
