Casa Bernini

The Casa Bernini is a historic 17th-century palazzo in Rome's Monti district, standing at the corner of Via Liberiana and Via di Santa Maria Maggiore. The building was constructed in 1606 by Pietro Bernini and served as the residence of his famous son Gian Lorenzo Bernini until 1642. A stone plaque on the facade commemorates the time when the artist created masterpieces here such as David and the Rape of Proserpina. Architecturally, the palazzo impresses with its four stories and two symmetrical facades, each with three windows per floor and a portal framed by rusticated stonework. You can see the historic ensemble directly opposite the apse of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.