Palazzo Caprini (House of Raphael), Rome

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Palazzo Caprini (House of Raphael) in Rome was a pioneering High Renaissance urban palace, celebrated for its influential rusticated ground floor and classical upper story façade that shaped later palazzo design.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance palace
historic building
urban palace
alsoKnownAs House of Raphael
architect Donato Bramante
architecturalFeature orders superimposed on upper story
regular window rhythm on piano nobile
rustication
string course separating stories
architecturalStyle High Renaissance
Renaissance architecture
country Italy
demolished 19th century
depictedIn drawings by Renaissance architects
engraving by Antoine Lafréry
designer Donato Bramante
era High Renaissance
hasPart arcaded ground‑floor shop fronts
classical upper story façade
piano nobile with paired pilasters
rusticated ground floor
heritageStatus no longer extant
inception early 16th century
influenced 16th‑century urban palace design in Europe
Palazzo Branconio dell’Aquila
Palazzo Farnese
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
later Roman palazzo façades
influencedBy Vitruvian architectural theory
classical Roman architecture
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Regola rione
locatedNear Piazza Navona
location Italy
Rome
namedAfter Caprini family
notableResident Raphael
partOf historic center of Rome
periodOfUse Raphael’s lifetime in Rome
replacedBy Palazzo dei Convertendi
significantFor integration of commercial ground floor and noble upper floor
model for later palazzo façades
pioneering High Renaissance urban palace type
usedFor residence
shops at ground level

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Donato Bramante
Giacomo della Porta ("Palazzo Caprini (reconstruction work)")
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