Palazzo dei Convertendi

Under the Lateran Treaty of 11 February 1929, Italy recognises the Holy See's full ownership of this property (Art. 13; Annex II). Art. 15 states that the property, «benché facenti parte del territorio dello Stato italiano» — although forming part of the territory of the Italian State — enjoys the immunities that international law grants to the headquarters of the diplomatic agents of foreign States. It is on Italian soil and visitors are subject to Italian law. The Holy See's enumeration names it as «il Palazzo dei Convertendi, sede della Congregazione per le Chiese Orientali». Via dell'Erba separates it from Palazzo Castellesi, and Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni stands on its other flank. The rebuilt palace absorbed what was left of Palazzo Caprini, the house on the edge of piazza Scossacavalli that was sold in 1500 to the apostolic protonotary Adriano Caprini and rebuilt by Bramante; Raphael bought it in 1517 and spent his last three years there. Italian Wikipedia's article on the rione records that the 1937 demolition of the Convertendi exposed vaulted structures belonging to Palazzo Caprini. Its article on via della Conciliazione runs the two buildings together; this guide keeps them apart.