罗马 蒙特奇托里奥宫 (Palazzo Montecitorio)

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蒙泰奇托里奥宫由 济安·劳伦佐·贝尼尼（Gian Lorenzo Bernini) 设计, 中间经过长期停工, 直到一六九四年才由卡劳·丰塔那 (Carlo Fontana) 建成, 并作为当时教皇的法庭。一八七一年改为意大利的众议院会址。

Palazzo Montecitorio was originally designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for the young Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi, nephew of Pope Gregory XV. However, with the death of Gregory XV by 1623, work stopped, and was not restarted until the papacy of Pope Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli), when it was completed by the architect Carlo Fontana, who modified Bernini's plan with the addition of a bell gable above the main entrance.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Montecitorio)

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In 1696 the Curia apostolica (papal law courts) was installed there. Later it was home to the Governatorato di Roma (the city administration during the papal period) and the police headquarters. The excavated obelisk of the Solarium Augusti, now known as the Obelisk of Montecitorio, was installed in front of the palace by Pius VI in 1789.

With the Unification of Italy in 1861 and the transfer of the capital to Rome in 1870, Montecitorio was chosen as the seat of the Chamber of Deputies (众议院).

But the original palace was not ideally suited to its new role and it was rebuilt during the early 1900s leaving only the facade intact. The architect, Ernesto Basile, was an exponent of Art nouveau. He added the so-called Transatlantico, the long and impressive salon which surrounds the debating chamber and now acts as the informal centre of Italian politics. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Montecitorio)