![]() From then until now Palazzo Colonna provides an impressive testimony to the history of the family from its first very adventurous centuries to the glamour and refinement of the later Baroque period. By the beginning of 1600 this massive structure had transformed itself into a grand Roman palace, which from then until the middle of the 1700’s was continually being restored and enlarged. Apostoli, which within a short time developed into a veritable fortress. It was during that period that the Colonnas built their residences in the area of the present day Piazza SS. Up to the present day there have been no less than 31 generations of the Colonna family, the main branch of which established itself from the beginning of 1200 on the slopes of the Quirinal Hill. The very first documented member of the family was Pietro who lived between 10 in the countryside South of Rome, close to the town of Colonna from which the House derived its name. The Colonnas are an ancient Roman family whose history began nine hundred years ago. ![]() ![]() The history of one of the oldest Roman families, from its origins in 12th century to the present day. ![]()
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