This building was begun by Bernini in 1650 and completed
by Carlo Fontana in 1697. The style of the palace recalls some Bernini’s
baroque fantasies and the façade is surmounted by a clock
tower. Since 1870 the palace houses the Chamber of Deputies.
The square in which the palace is located is called Montecitorio
Square. In the square stands a 6CBC Egyptian obelisk re-erected
in 1792 by Pius VI and surmounted by a bronze ball bearing his coat
of arms. The obelisk, served as a pointer for a gigantic solar clock
marked out on the ground, more or less on the site of the church
of S. Lorenzo in Lucina.
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