Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi, completed by Carlo Fontana and renovated by Ernesto Basile. The infobox lists all three architects but gives no construction dates. The text says work stopped by 1623, resumed under Innocent XII and was completed by Fontana.
The article describes Baroque origins and an Art Nouveau, or Liberty, renovation. It mentions red brick and travertine towers, a colored glass canopy and bronze figures. It gives no dimensions.
Papal courts were installed in 1696. The Italian government seized the palace in 1870, and the Chamber was inaugurated in 1871. The palace was condemned in 1900, and the Chamber returned in 1918. Mattarella's presidential inauguration took place there in 2022. It is the seat of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament. The article gives no visiting details.
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