Palace · Italy · Restored
Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo
The Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo is a 17th-century papal villa complex overlooking Lake Albano near Rome. Built and remodelled from earlier medieval structures, the principal Apostolic Palace served for centuries as the popes' summer residence and retreat and is part of a larger estate that includes formal gardens, a separate Villa Barberini, an observatory and farmland.
Its prime
1626
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1626
The shape it held in its prime.
A broad three- to four-storey palazzo of pale peach stucco and pale stone trim, with rows of shuttered rectangular windows, a rusticated stone main portal, and a central projecting section topped by a small clock pediment and narrow balcony. Low terracotta-tile roofs run behind a simple cornice. In front lies a cobbled piazza with a circular stone fountain; the complex backs onto formal, terraced gardens sloping toward Lake Albano.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1626.
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Families who held Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo.
The families tied to Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo across its history — follow a name to its page.
Savelli
Held by the Savelli family until 1596, when the Vatican acquired the castle in payment of a debt.
