Museo di Roma

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Lonely Planet review

Housed in the 18th-century Palazzo Braschi, the Museo di Roma's eclectic collection of paintings, photographs, etchings, clothes and furniture charts the history of Rome from the Middle Ages to the first half of the 20th century. Of more interest than the collection, however, is the palazzo itself.

Built by Cosimo Morelli for the nephew of the Braschi Pope Pius VI, it's best known for its beautiful frescoed halls: particularly outstanding is the extravagant Sala Cinese and the Egyptian-themed Sala Egiziana. Among the paintings, most of which are portraits of popes and cardinals, look out for Raphael's 1511 portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the future Pope Paul III.