Casa della Fornarina, Rome
There is little information available on Raphaels mistress La Fornarina.
There is little information available on Raphaels mistress La Fornarina. Margherita was the daughter of a baker from Siena. His shop was near Villa Farnesina where Raffael was painting. It is reported that Raffael repudiated her on his death-bed as he wanted to be redeem from his sins. Four months after his death Margherita joined the monastery Santa Apollonia in Trastevere. It is said that she was model for Raffael's portrait La Donna Velata.
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About Casa della Fornarina
Via di Porta Settimiana, 7, 00153 Roma, Italy
+39 06 6456 2268
Casa della Fornarina and Nearby Sights on Map
Villa Farnesina
Delightful Renaissance house that was built by a rich banker from Siena, Agostino Chigi
Piazza Pasquino
Small piazza about 20m from Piazza Navona, behind the Brazilian Embassy
San Pietro in Montorio
This church, which was commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, marks the point where, according to tradition, St
Ponte Sisto
Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere (1471-1481) gave order to replace the old Roman bridge by a new one
Santissima Trinita dei Pellegrini
Baroque church more noted for its position at the top of the Spanish Steps than for the church itself
Palazzo Farnese
Since 1871 this has been the French Embassy
Palazzo Spada
This building was erected in the 16th century for Cardinal Girolamo Capodiferro
Fontana dell'Acqua Paola
This massive early 17th Century Baroque fountain was built to celebrate the re-opening of an old Roman aqueduct
Via dei Coronari
In the Middle Ages pilgrims on their way to St
Colle del Gianicolo
This is not, contrary to popular belief, one of the original seven hills that Rome was founded on