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Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo Barberini façade
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Architectural styleBaroque
LocationRome, Italy
Coordinates41°54′13″N 12°29′25″E / 41.90361°N 12.49028°E / 41.90361; 12.49028
Construction started1625
Completed1633
Design and construction
Architect(s)Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Carlo Maderno
Francesco Borromini

The Palazzo Barberini (English: Barberini Palace) is a 17th-century palace in Rome, facing the Piazza Barberini in Rione Trevi. Today, it houses the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, the main national collection of older paintings in Rome.

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