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Lateran Palace

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noun

  1. a palace in Rome used as the papal residence from the 4th century a.d. to the removal of the papal court to Avignon, rebuilt in 1586, and now a museum for classical and Christian antiques.


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They met face to face, last week, in the Lateran Palace, an austere and gloomy pile, presented to the papacy 16 centuries ago by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Lateran Palace in 1929 Benito Mussolini and Cardinal Gasparri set their names to the famed Treaty.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 8:52 the procession halted in the courtyard before the Lateran Palace.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Pope reportedly added that he could take up residence in the Lateran Palace outside the Vatican, the nominal headquarters of Popes in their capacity as Bishops of Rome.

From Time Magazine Archive

He created Titian a Count of the Lateran Palace, of the Aulic Council, and of the Consistory; with the title of Count Palatine, and all the advantages attached to those dignities.

From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.

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