Archive - The Painted Palazzo

A celebrity wedding... on the run

the historic marriage of a Polish princess and an exiled royal

Jul 11 •

Mary Jane Cryan

June 2025

May 2025

Awaiting a new pope

Living near papal palaces in Rome and Viterbo

May 7 •

Mary Jane Cryan

Scandalous Farnese Women

hidden portraits come to light after centuries

May 1 •

Mary Jane Cryan

April 2025

Rome celebrates Farnese collections

The Eternal City - a layer cake of history

Apr 17 •

Mary Jane Cryan

Living in a Renaissance palazzo

Palazzo Chigi, Viterbo

Apr 4 •

Mary Jane Cryan

March 2025

The castle of Bracciano-then and now

a perfect spring/ summer day trip from Rome

Mar 21 •

Mary Jane Cryan

Friends with castles in Italy

visits, parties, weddings, getaways

Mar 7 •

Mary Jane Cryan

February 2025

Vatican was my neighborhood

50 years ago and now

Feb 21 •

Mary Jane Cryan

Bellissimo! bags, belts, clothes and candles

hand crafted by local women artisans

Feb 11 •

Mary Jane Cryan

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