Palazzo Pamphilj of today's Doria Pamphilj sometimes "Palazzo Pamfilio". Both spellings Pamphilj and Pamphili are in common Italian usage, even though the family prefers Pamphilj. Leonie Stephanie. "The Palazzo Pamphilj in Piazza Navona: Constructing Identity In Early Modern Rome" (Studies in Baroque Art), 2008, Harvey Miller. Magnuson Torgil. "Rome in the Age of Bernini", volume II, Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm, 1986, Chapter 1 Innocent X (1644-1655) Palazzo Pamphilj Palazzo Pamphilj, also spelled Palazzo Pamphili, is a palace facing onto the Piazza Navona in Rome. It was built between 1644 and 1650. Since 1920 the palace has housed the Brazilian Embassy in Italy,
Piazza Navona hosted theatrical events and other ephemeral activities. From 1652 until 1866, when the festival was suppressed, it was flooded on every Saturday and Sunday in August in elaborate celebrations of the Pamphilj family. The pavement level was raised in the 19th century, and in 1869 the market was moved to the nearby Campo de' Fiori. A Christmas market is held in the piazza square. In the early hours of 3 September 2011, the "Fontana del Moro" was damaged by a vandal. Police later found the man, who had been captured on security cameras climbing in the fountain, wielding a large