The palace was built to a design by Ferdinando Fuga in 1732, after the demolition of an older building which housed the Ecclesiastical Court of the Consulta. During the Napoleonic era the building was used as the seat of the Prefecture of Rome and was later seat of the triumvirate government of Mazzini, Armellini and Saffi. Residence of Umberto and Margherita di Savoia, the heirs to the throne, after 1874 the palace housed various ministries. Since 1955 it has been the seat of the Constitutional Court.
Piazza del Quirinale 41 - phone 06 46 981
Internet: www.cortecostituzionale.it
Hours: The palazzo is opened to the public only on special occasions. Court hearings are public and can be attended on written request.
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