Palazzo della Cancelleria - Renaissance palace in Rome, located between the current Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, and Campo dei Fiori, near Parione. Built between 1489 and 1513 m-th years of an unknown architect for Cardinal Raffaele Riario, the chamberlain of the Roman Catholic Church (one of the highest court of posts to the Holy See). Palazzo is considered to be the earliest in Rome palace, built in Renaissance style. Today the building is occupied by the Apostolic Chancery, and it itself is a part of the territory of the Vatican, that is not owned by Italy. In this capacity, nominated in the list of World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

As mentioned above, the Palazzo was built for Cardinal Raffaele Riario, nephew of the powerful Pope Sixtus IV. According to legend, the money for the construction of the palace have been won in a single night of gambling. It is believed that Bramante worked on the building and Andrea Brenna, although reliable information about it has survived. In 1517 the newly built palace was captured by the first Pope of the Medici family - Leo X, which has not forgotten about the participation of Sixtus IV in the so-called conspiracy of the Pazzi, when the rules of the Medici in Florence, want to change the family Della Rovere.

Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome was the first palace built in the Renaissance style from its very foundations. Its long façade like incorporates a small basilica of San Lorenzo in Damaso, on the right. The church of the 5th century, like many others in Rome, stands on the site of the ancient Mithraeum (pagan temple). During the excavation of the late 20th century, it was discovered the foundation of the temple, built in the 4-5 th centuries, Pope Damasus I, - he is considered one of the most important early Christian churches of the city. Nearby is the cemetery, the ruins of which were also found.

Travertine (tufa) for the construction of the Palazzo was brought from the ruins of the ancient theater of Pompey, as well as 44 Egyptian granite columns in the courtyard, which once were part of the cloister of the theater. Interestingly, the very form of the patio courtyard reminiscent of the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino.

Attraction Palazzo della Cancelleria is a wall fresco by Giorgio Vasari, which he wrote in 100 days than not forget to brag to Michelangelo.