| Palazzo Wedekind | |
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 Palazzo Wedekind | |
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| Location | Rome,Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°54′02″N12°28′46″E / 41.90056°N 12.47944°E /41.90056; 12.47944 |
Palazzo Wedekind is apalazzo inPiazza Colonna inRome, Italy, located next to the church ofSanti Bartolomeo ed Alessandro dei Bergamaschi. It is notable as the historic offices of the daily paperIl Tempo.[1]
On a site occupied in antiquity by theTemple of Marcus Aurelius, the medieval buildings on the site were cleared for a structure erected by theLudovisi (1659) that became the offices of the vicegerente of thevicariate of Rome. To house the general director of the postal service for thePapal States, moved here in 1814, the palazzo was completely rebuilt byPope Gregory XVI to designs byGiuseppe Valadier carried out byPietro Camporese the Younger.[2] At Valadier's urging, Camporese added a portico built with twelve elegant Roman columns brought from the ruins ofVeii, supplemented with two pairs of columns flanking the main doorway, retrieved from the basilica ofSan Paolo fuori le Mura, which burned in 1823.[3]
In 1852[4] it was bought by the rich bankerKarl Wedekind, who rebuilt its interiors to plans by G.B. Giovenale. From 1871 the palazzo housed theKingdom of Italy's Ministry of Education. For a short time in September 1943 until the liberation of Rome, the palazzo was the official base of theFascisti romani.
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| Preceded by Palazzo del Viminale | Landmarks of Rome Palazzo Wedekind | Succeeded by Palazzo Zuccari, Rome |
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