Ariccia Wedding Hall
| Our rating |
Splendid Wedding Hall, housed in a Baroque palace planned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, famous Italian architect, sculptor and painter. |
| Cost |
Luxury. |
| Location |
The heart of town, on the Appian way, 5 minutes from Lake Albano and close to the smaller Lake Nemi. 1.4 km from Albano Laziale, 2.5 km from Genzano di Roma, 4.5 km from Castel Gandolfo, the Pope's summer residence, and 27 km from Rome. This area is called Castelli Romani. |
| Setting |
The main piazza of the city. Incredible views of Rome! Even the Tyrrenian sea can be admired in the distance! |
| Exterior |
Baroque style. Started towards the end of the fifteen hundreds by the Savelli family, the palace was bought and completed in mid sixteen hundreds by the Chigi family. |
| Interior |
Original period furnishings with many important pieces from the sixteen hundreds. |
| Accompaniment |
Music and other special performances. |
| Ceremonies |
Civil with legal validity. |
| Capacity |
30 people seating and 130 standing. |
| Availability |
All year long. |
Unique Characteristics of the Ariccia Wedding Hall
Unique example of a Baroque private palace that has remained unchanged during the centuries.
Owned by the Chigi family, one of the most prominent Italian papal families, no expenses were spared bringing in the famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his disciple, the Roman architect Carlo Fontana, who were commissioned to transform and complete the existing building.
The Chigis were the owners of another palace of the same name in Rome, Palazzo Chigi, that was sold to the Italian state in 1918 and that now is seat of the Italian government.
The 2.000 square meters Ariccia palace is set in the middle of a beautiful 28 hectares park with centuries old trees and many unique architectural features. Here you can admire the original vegetation of the Castelli Romani .
Many famous painters, like Corot and Turner, captured the beauty of this park in their works of art and Ariccia became the place where the participants to the Grand Tour d'Italie used to stop.
The majestic entrance of the building leads to a courtyard facing the park, and two stairways, located at both sides of the courtyard, lead to the rooms of this noble dwelling.
Here Luchino Visconti used the interior rooms to film his masterpiece Il Gattopardo, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale.
Now Palazzo Chigi is a museum and the centre where guided tours, conferences, cultural activities and art shows take place. An interesting collection of paintings, sculptures, period furnishings and different artifacts can be admired in the piano nobile and in the private apartment of Cardinal Flavio Chigi.
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