Palazzo dei Convertendi

An etching by Carlo Pontani depicting the Loggia of Palazzo dei Covertendi, a building that stood in Piazza Scossacavalli, in Borgo rione (district), Rome. This print was published by Pontani in "Opere architettoniche di Raffaello Sanzio, incise e dichiarate dall'Architetto Carlo Pontani", published in two volumes in 1841 and 1845. The print is lettered with the title in Italian and a scale. Signed by the printmaker. Annotated on the verso.

Palazzo dei Convertendi takes its name from the Hospice of the Convertendi, to which Gastaldi (former owner of this palace) bequeathed the building in 1685. This Palace was formed by older buildings, such as Palazzo Caprini (erected on Bramante's project between 1501 and 1510), which became famous as the last home of Raphael, who died there in 1520. Palazzo dei Convertendi – together with many others standing on the so-called Spina in Borgo – was demolished by Benito Mussolini between 1936 and 1937 in order to open the long avenue of Via della Conciliazione and therefore link the Tiber (and the rest of the non-religious city) with St Peter's square and the Basilica. Palazzo dei Convertendi was then rebuilt in Via della Conciliazione.