Hall of Maps

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cartographic hall frescoed gallery

The Hall of Maps is a richly frescoed gallery in the Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola, renowned for its elaborate 16th-century cartographic murals depicting the known world and Italian regions.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Hall of Maps (Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola) 45
Sala delle Carte Geografiche 1
Stanza delle Carte Geografiche 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographic hall ⓘ
frescoed gallery ⓘ
access open to the public as part of palace tours ⓘ
architecturalContext Renaissance villa-palace ⓘ
artStyle Mannerism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renaissance fresco painting ⓘ
belongsTo Farnese family estate NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (the Younger) NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Farnese NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate 16th century ⓘ
conservationStatus preserved historic interior ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalSignificance important example of Renaissance cartographic art ⓘ
testimony to 16th-century geographical knowledge ⓘ
depicts Italian regions ⓘ
cartographic views of Europe ⓘ
cartographic views of Italy ⓘ
known world in the 16th century ⓘ
regional coats of arms ⓘ
world maps ⓘ
era Late Renaissance ⓘ
function decorative gallery ⓘ
representation of Farnese power and knowledge ⓘ
hasArtForm cartographic fresco cycle ⓘ
hasCeilingDecoration frescoes ⓘ
hasMedium fresco ⓘ
wall painting ⓘ
hasType state apartment gallery ⓘ
hasWallDecoration large-scale maps ⓘ
heritage Renaissance architecture ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Caprarola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Lazio ⓘ
Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Viterbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Renaissance world view ⓘ
elaborate cartographic murals ⓘ
rich fresco decoration ⓘ
partOf Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter cosmography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
political territories of Italy ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palazzo Farnese (Caprarola) → hasPart → Hall of Maps ⓘ
Map Room → alsoKnownAs → Hall of Maps ⓘ
subject surface form: Map Room (Palazzo Vecchio)
this entity surface form: Stanza delle Carte Geografiche
Map Room → alsoKnownAs → Hall of Maps ⓘ
subject surface form: Map Room (Palazzo Vecchio)
this entity surface form: Sala delle Carte Geografiche