The building was commissioned in 1573 by Gregory XIII as a summer residence
for the Popes. Quirinal palace was the seat of the papacy from Clement
XI to 1870, the year in which the complex was chosen as the palace of
the kings of the united Italy; since 1947 it has been the official residence
of the president of the Italian republic.
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From Quirinal
Hill to the Fountain of Trevi
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