In 1653 G.L. Bernini was charged with designing the palace by Pope Innocent X; it was later chosen as headquarters of the pontifical courts and in 1870 became the seat of the Chamber of Deputies. At the beginning of the twentieth century it was decided to build a new section at the back of the seventeenth-century palazzo to accommodate the new assembly hall. Several works of antique and contemporary art decorate the palace.
Piazza Montecitorio - phone 06 67 601
E-mail: sic_visite@camera.it
Internet: www.camera.it
Hours: 1st Sunday of each month 10-18. Schools and groups also on workdays on written request - fax 06 67 60 99 50.
Admission free.
Museums & Monuments