Palazzo Cenci

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  • Address
    Jewish Ghetto, Vicolo dei Cenci, Centro Storico
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  • Transport
    tram: Via Arenula

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Lonely Planet review

A 16th-century house of horrors, Palazzo Cenci was home to ill-fated Beatrice Cenci, who was beheaded on Ponte Sant'Angelo in 1599 for murdering her sadistic father. Shelley based his tragedy The Cenci on the family, and a famous portrait of Beatrice by Guido Reni hangs in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica. It shows a sweet-faced young girl with soft eyes and fair hair.