Palazzo del Drago

The History Palazzo del Drago (originally palazzo Crispo) was built over a period of approximately 20 years, from 1530 to 1550, by wish of cardinal Tiberio Crispo (1498 -1566), governor of Bolsena and a close friend of the Farnese family and Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese). Power and connections made it possible for Tiberio Crispo to make use of the best artists and architects of the time for the construction of his home. Simone Mosca and Raffaello da Montelupo worked on the architecture, while Prospero Fontana decorated the ceilings with frescoes representing the story of Alexander the Great, the myth of Love and Psyche, grotesques, and the history of the creation of Rome.
The same Prospero Fontana also decorated the interiors of Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome.