Palazzo Barberini Audio Guide
Explore Palazzo Barberini with Stanza's GPS-triggered offline audio guide.
About the Tour
A grand 17th-century Baroque palace commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, currently housing the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica. It is renowned for its intricate architecture, featuring contributions from Bernini, Borromini, and Pietro da Cortona.
What you will hear
Bernini’s Grand Square Staircase
Showcases the grand, ceremonial north wing staircase designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Bernini’s Grand Staircase
Bernini designed this monumental square staircase in the north wing as a formal, sun-drenched path for high-ranking dignitaries visiting the papal court.
The Geometry of Power
Looking straight up through the central well of the staircase reveals a mesmerizing display of rigorous square geometry and repetitive classical columns.
The Gran Salone: Triumph of Divine Providence
Features the signature masterpiece of the palace, Pietro da Cortona's ceiling fresco, a pinnacle of Baroque illusionism.
Triumph of Divine Providence
Pietro da Cortona’s massive ceiling fresco is a masterpiece of Baroque illusionism, where painted architecture appears to dissolve into a boundless, celestial sky.
Sala della Divina Sapienza
Explores the contrasting, more classical Baroque style of Andrea Sacchi's ceiling fresco.
Allegory of Divine Wisdom
Andrea Sacchi’s ceiling provides a calmer, more balanced contrast to Cortona’s energy, focusing on the intellectual and theological foundations of the family.
Renaissance Masterpieces: La Fornarina
Focuses on one of the most famous individual paintings in the collection, Raphael's portrait of his mistress.
The Baker's Daughter
This intimate portrait depicts Raphael’s mistress, Margherita Luti, and contains a bold secret hidden in the blue ribbon tied around her arm.
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