A view of the Galleria Colonna at Rome's Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, whose original design was by architect Antonio del Grande and later enhanced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Johan Paul Schor and Carlo Fontana in the final decades of the 17th century, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A photograph of Milagros, Marcantonio and Laurentia Colonna is on display inside the prince's apartments at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
An exterior view of Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Journalists visit the Chapel Hall, featuring a baldachin bearing the Colonna family's coat of arms, inside Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A journalist films the uniform of the Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, worn by Prince Colonna until 1968, on display at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Curator Patrizia Piergiovanni, director of Galleria Colonna, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the gardens of Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Interior view of Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Journalists film Annibale Carracci's oil-on-canvas painting The Bean Eater, on display at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A "pietra dura" and gilt bronze cabinet by Filippo Schor is on display at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Journalists film Annibale Carracci's oil-on-canvas painting The Bean Eater, on display at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Journalists visit the gardens of Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A view of part of the monumental fountain designed by architect Girolamo Rainaldi in the gardens of Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A view of the prince's apartments at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A portrait of Prince Marcantonio Colonna is seen over family photographs inside the prince's apartments at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A photograph, right, of Milagros, Marcantonio and Laurentia Colonna is on display inside the prince's apartments at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A view of the prince's apartments at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Ceremonial uniforms worn by palace staff are displayed in the prince's apartments at Palazzo Colonna, or the Colonna Palace, in Rome during a media tour, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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2:31 AM on Sunday, November 16
By DOMENICO STINELLIS
ROME, Italy (AP) — Every year, millions visit Rome’s famous sites, but few enter the exclusive Colonna Palace.
This private home-museum, spread across four wings over an entire block in the city center, opens only to small groups for a few hours on Friday and Saturday mornings. The palace, owned by the Colonna family since the 12th century, houses paintings, sculptures and a 76-meter (249-foot) Great Hall.
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