We are very proud to announce that the University of Arkansas Rome Center has a new and larger site. It is conveniently located in the center of Rome in one of the oldest palaces in Rome, Palazzo Taverna (students’ entry on Via dei Gabrielli 90).
Palazzo Taverna belonged to the Orsini Family from 1286 and in the year 1328 the site took the name of Mount Giordano, the name of Giordano Orsini, Roman Senator in 1341. The palace was referred to by Dante in
his literary masterpiece "The Divine Comedy".
In 1688,
after five hundred years of uninterrupted ownership, Flavio Orsini, sold the property to the Gabrielli Family. The Gabrielli, a very old and noble Roman family, completed the unification of the complex building. The great complex of buildings was sold to the
Earls Taverna of Milan in 1888 and they are the current owners.
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The main entrance on Via di Monte Giordano opens its gate into the magnificent courtyard housing a baroque fountain by Antonio Casoni, built in 1618, and surrounded by the various buildings forming the complex. The several buildings today house many different activities from private residential apartments to banqueting halls, diplomatic residences and art studios.
Palazzo Taverna has two wings: a Baroque one, and one in Empire style, decorated with mural paintings from Coccetti painted around the end of 18th century. The UA Rome Center is housed in the Empire wing of the Palazzo, where the historic headquarters of the INARCH (Istituto Nazionale di Architettura) were located for about thirty years. In these rooms the most important architects of the 20th century had their meetings and discussed their ideas.
Carlo Scarpa with Bruno Zevi in Palazzo Taverna (Inarch Archive) 
Luigi Moretti in Palazzo Taverna, 1960 (Inarch Archive)
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