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Federico Zuccari, who built it in 1592.
The building houses the Hertziana Library specialized in History of Art.
The Hertziana library, founded in 1913 in Rome, is an institute of the Kaiser-Wilhelm Society. It was set up for research on Italian art starting from the period immediately fol- lowing antiquity, and, in particular, the Re- naissance and the Baroque periods. It also focuses on the history of Italian art from the Middle Ages to modern times. Workshops, study courses and lectures are held in the Biblioteca Herziana. Perhaps, after all, the choice of the monster at the door for the li- brary entrance is quite opportune as a symbol for hunger of knowledge and research.
THE SECRET, THE BIZARRE AND THE MAGICAL
Piper Club
Tagliamento a few steps away from the Piper Club, Rome’s famous discotheque, inaugurat- ed in February 1965, where many well known Italian and foreign singers and musicians
of the 1960s were invited to sing and play. Among the guest players were the Beatles, who performed two concerts there in June 1965. It is said that it was such a hot summer evening that after the concert the Beatles went straight into the Fontana delle rane to cool down.
Front porch ceiling
The Fontana delle rane (the fountain of the
frogs) stands right in the centre of the com- plex in Piazza Mincio. It is currently undergo- ing restoration work, hence the impossibility to give a full view of the fountain in the photo.
It is surprising how cars are still allowed to rather than make it a pedestrian zone consid- ering the actual small area it covers. It is not If anything, it possibly makes it more compli- cated for drivers.
Piazza Mincio
Tagliamento close to Piazza Buenos Aires. It is a complex of buildings designed and built Breaking from tradition, he combined a mix- ture of styles ranging from Art Nouveau, me- dieval Gothic, Baroque and ancient Greek.
One of the striking features is the wrought iron chandelier hanging outside under the big archway as the visitor walks towards the square with the fountain of the frogs.
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