Palazzo Farnese
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Palazzo Farnese or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in 1936 for a period of 99 years,
Palazzo Farnese in Rome
A mid-18th-century engraving of Palazzo Farnese by Giuseppe Vasi.
The coat of arms of Farnese Pope Paul III
Detail of the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne by Annibale Carracci, the Farnese Gallery, 1595.
Pope Paul III
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Pope Paul III was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549.
Palazzo Farnese
…the French Embassy in Italy. First designed in 1517 for the Farnese family, the building expanded in size and conception when Alessandro Farnese became Pope Paul III in 1534, to designs by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. Its building history involved some of the most prominent Italian architects of the 16th century…
Portrait of Pope Paul III, 1543
Pope Paul III and his Grandsons Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (left), and Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (right), II Duke of Parma since 1547. A triple portrait by Titian, 1546
Ranuccio Farnese was made cardinal by Paul III at the age of 15.