Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo

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In the room facing the inner courtyard, mother-in-law Livia is said to have been hanged on Pompeo Colonna's orders — and the noises began.

Pompeo Colonna, celebrated as one of the victors of Lepanto, rebuilt his family's castle at Zagarolo into a stately Renaissance palace on his return. His reputation carried a stain it never lost: contemporaries accused him of having his mother-in-law Livia murdered. Local tradition points to one particular room on the noble floor, the one facing the inner courtyard, as the place where she was hanged. For five centuries people in the palace have reported the same things from it — blows and scraping sounds, doors that swing open, the feeling of someone standing directly behind you. The building now holds municipal offices and a museum, and staff prefer to avoid that wing after closing.

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