Palazzo Margherita in Rome was designed by Gaetano Koch for Don Rodolfo Boncompagni Ludovisi, titular Prince of Piombino, and was first called Palazzo Piombino. Construction ran from 1886 to 1890. It stands on Via Veneto, a road developers cut through the former Villa Ludovisi estate. The infobox lists Renaissance Revival, and the text names no style, materials or dimensions.
The family faced financial trouble and sold the palazzo in 1900. King Victor Emmanuel III bought it as a residence for Queen Margherita, who lived there from Christmas Day 1900 until her death 26 years later, and the building takes her name.
It was later divided into offices for the Mussolini government. The United States bought it in 1946, and a renovation from 1949 to 1952 restored rooms, modernized plumbing and heating and added office space. It houses the U.S. Embassy. The article gives no public access.
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