Palazzo Barberini

In Palazzo Barberini, which still dominates Piazza Barberini, Rione Trevi, Rome, three great architects worked to create a harmonious whole: Carlo Maderno, who began it in 1627, his nephew and assistant Francesco Borromini in his first important commission, and a young sculptor, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. When Maderno died in 1629 his assistant Borromini was passed over in favor of Bernini, an untried young prodigy. The two architects worked briefly in harmony on this project, as at Palazzo Spada, but before long, competition for commissions turned them into bitter enemies.

External links

• Il palazzo Barberini: official site (in Italian)
• Rome Art-Lover: Palazzo Barberini