NOTES: The gallery and upper floors were reached by five spiral staircases around the courtyard: the most important of these is the Scala Regia (Royal Stairs) rising through the three floors, frescoed by Antonio Tempesta.

Picture of Salone dei Corazzieri, Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome: close-up of the bas-relief 'Lavanda dei Piedi' by Taddeo Landini above the entrance doors

Salone dei Corazzieri, Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome: close-up of the bas-relief 'Lavanda dei Piedi' by Taddeo Landini above the entrance doors

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Landini, Taddeo (c. 1550-1596)

NOTES: This palace was built by Pope Gregory XIII in 1574 as a summer residence. It served as a papal residence and housed the central offices responsible for the civil government of the Papal States until 1870. It has been the official residence and workplace of the Presidents of the Italian Republic since 1946.

Picture of Palazzo Labia, Venice:the ceiling of the ball room

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Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London: central section

Design for a wallpaper frieze entitled 'Seagull'

Design for a wallpaper frieze entitled 'Shallop' showing shallops (boats), birds and islands

Design, probably intended for a nursery wallpaper frieze, showing a rural scene

St Paul's Cathedral, City of London: the dome seen from the north transept

A la Ronde, Exmouth, Devon: view of the walls decorated with mosaic in shells, feathers and seaweed

Travellers' Club, Pall Mall, London: the Library which is broken into three parts by screens of paired columns

Villa Farnese, Caprarola: the Scala Regia

Salone dei Corazzieri, Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome: close-up of the bas-relief 'Lavanda dei Piedi' by Taddeo Landini above the entrance doors

Palazzo Labia, Venice:the ceiling of the ball room

Basilica of San Marco, Venice

Monastery, Kaisariani

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