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Palazzo of the Apostolic Nuncio

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Palazzo of the Apostolic Nuncio
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16th-century palazzo on via Toledo bought in 1585 as the seat of the apostolic nuncio.

On via Toledo, at number 352, the palazzo of the Apostolic Nunciature was bought and enlarged in 1585 at the wish of Pope Sixtus V, as the seat of the apostolic nuncio, the pope's representative to the Kingdom of Naples.In 1656, during the plague, it was damaged by the explosion of the sewer under via Toledo. A piece of the history of relations between Naples and Rome.

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