"Comprado en 1568 por el cardenal Marco Sittico Altemps, el palacio ahora luce su aspecto original del siglo XVI gracias a la reciente restauración realizada por el Ministerio de Patrimonio Cultural. En las salas, aún parcialmente decoradas con frescos, se pueden admirar esculturas griegas y romanas pertenecientes en los siglos XVI y XVII a varias familias de la nobleza romana. El palacio acoge núcleos de colecciones de restos clásicos, entre los que destaca la célebre colección Boncompagni Ludovisi, formada por una notable cantidad de preciados mármoles antiguos, la colección de esculturas del cardenal Altemps, las obras recogidas por la familia Mattei, inicialmente destinadas a adornar Villa Celimontana, y la Colección Del Drago, que data del siglo XVII. Entre las esculturas expuestas, se puede admirar el grupo del Gálata suicida con su mujer, Orestes y Electra, el Ares y la cabeza de Juno y el famoso original griego del siglo V a.C. llamado “Trono Ludovisi”, procedente de excavaciones realizadas en dicha zona. El Palacio Altemps también acoge un núcleo de la colección egipcia del Museo Nacional Romano, que recopila materiales procedentes del santuario de Isis y Serapis del Campo de Marte, así como los restos de las excavaciones del santuario siriaco del Janículo. La visita del Palacio tiene lugar en dos pisos distribuidos en torno a un bellísimo patio decorado por una fuente monumental. Por encima del edificio se recorta el mirador, una torre coronada por una cabra montesa rampante, símbolo de la familia Altemps."
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"Purchased in 1568 by Cardinal Marco Sittico Altemps, the palace now has its original 16th-century appearance thanks to a recent restoration carried out by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. In the rooms, still partly decorated with frescoes, you can admire Greek and Roman sculptures belonging to various families of the Roman nobility in the 16th and 17th centuries. The palace houses core collections of classical remains, among which the famous Boncompagni Ludovisi collection stands out, made up of a notable amount of precious ancient marble, the collection of sculptures of Cardinal Altemps, the works collected by the Mattei family, initially intended to adorn Villa Celimontana, and the Del Drago Collection, dating from the 17th century. Among the sculptures on display, you can admire the group of the suicidal Galatian with his wife, Orestes and Electra, Ares and the head of Juno and the famous Greek original from the 5th century BC. called “Ludovisi Throne”, from excavations carried out in said area. The Altemps Palace also houses a nucleus of the Egyptian collection of the National Roman Museum, which collects materials from the sanctuary of Isis and Serapis on the Field of Mars, as well as the remains of the excavations of the Syriac sanctuary of the Janiculum. The visit to the Palace takes place on two floors distributed around a beautiful courtyard decorated by a monumental fountain. Above the building is the viewpoint, a tower crowned by a rampant mountain goat, symbol of the Altemps family."
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