Posted on 07/25/2014 8:36:50 AM PDT by Salvation
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QUIRINAL PALACE
Before 1870, a papal residence where conclaves were held. Also used as a summer home. built by Pope Gregory in 1574, it was taken over by the Italian Government at the time of the confiscation of the Papal States.
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