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Ludovisi (rione of Rome)

Ludovisi is the XVI rione (historic district) of Rome. Located within Municipio I, its coat of arms has three golden bands and a golden dragon, everything on a red background. It is the coat of arms of the noble Ludovisi family, which here owned the beautiful villa bearing the same name. The villa and the surrounding gardens, except few annexes, were destroyed at the end of nineteenth century to build the new district.

The most important street of the rione Ludovisi is Via Veneto.

Ludovisi

Ludovisi can refer to:

  • Ludovisi (family), a noble Italian family
    • Ludovisi papacy of Pope Gregory XV
    • Cardinals Ludovisi
      • Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi, later Pope Gregory XV
        • Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (the Pope's Cardinal Nephew and Orazio's son)
        • Cardinal Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi (Ludovico's cousin)
    • Non-ecclesiastic family members
      • Orazio Ludovisi (Pope Gregory XV's brother)
        • Niccolò Ludovisi (Orazio's son)
          • Giovan Battista Ludovisi (Niccolò's son)
          • Olimpia Ludovisi (Niccolò's daughter and grand-niece of two popes)
          • Ippolita Ludovisi (Niccolò's daughter and grand-niece of two popes)
  • Ludovisi, Lazio, a rione in the City of Rome
    • Villa Ludovisi, a suburban villa in Rome, built in the 17th century for Cardinal Ludovico, destroyed in the 19th century; its territory becoming the Ludovisi rione.
      • Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, a remaining portion of the villa, now housing the U.S. Embassy in Italy
      • Palazzo Boncompagni Ludovisi, a remaining portion of the villa
  • Palazzo Ludovisi, a palace in Rome also built for Cardinal Ludovico; now the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
  • Ludovisi Throne, an sculpted block of white marble hollowed at the back and carved with bas-reliefs on the three outer faces, from about 460 BCE
  • Great Ludovisi sarcophagus, an ancient Roman sarcophagus dating to around 250–260 AD
Ludovisi (family)

The Ludovisi were an Italian noble family, originating from Bologna. They had close ties with the Papacy and were influential in the Papal States. Alessandro Ludovisi became a cardinal and later Pope Gregory XV. His cardinal-nephew was Ludovico Ludovisi.

Beginning in 1634 with Niccolò I Ludovisi, one branch of the family ruled the Principality of Piombino. They owned the Villa Ludovisi in Rome. In 1894, they sold their art collection to the state. Alberico Boncompagni Ludovisi, prince of Venosa, was a winemaker at his estate Fiorano from the late 1940s to 1995.