Corinthia Rome opens on Piazza del Parlamento, in a restored Bank of Italy palazzo with 60 rooms, Carlo Cracco dining and a subterranean spa.
A Palazzo With a Past
Rome has always known how to hold its secrets. Behind the monumental neoclassical façade of Piazza del Parlamento 18, in a building where Italy’s financial history was quietly decided for decades, a new chapter has begun. Corinthia Rome, the brand’s long-awaited Italian debut, opened its doors in February 2026, and in doing so, has set an immediate new benchmark for luxury hotels in the Eternal City.
Designed by Pio and Marcello Piacentini and constructed between 1913 and 1921, the building served for generations as a stronghold of the Bank of Italy. It is not the kind of history that fades easily. The 9,700-square-metre palazzo, now home to just 60 rooms and suites, carries its former life in every corridor: in the mosaics underfoot, the stuccoes overhead, the cornices, painted ceilings and marble detailing that hospitality design studio GA painstakingly restored during a process described not as renovation, but as revival.
The result is architecture that breathes. Stripped of later interventions through rigorous philological research, the building has been returned to its original proportions and presence. Nothing here feels invented. Everything feels remembered.
The Theodoli Heritage Suite: Sleeping Beneath History
No room encapsulates Corinthia Rome’s remarkable sense of place quite like the Theodoli Heritage Suite, formerly the bank’s Council Chamber, overlooking Palazzo Montecitorio. The original 1920s frescoes by Giulio Bargellini remain intact, as does the allegorical ceiling by Guglielmo Janni: a painted map tracing the history of Italian currency. Civic virtues, symbolic processions, images of national prosperity, all preserved above a bed where guests now sleep in one of Rome’s most extraordinary rooms.
60 Rooms, 21 Suites and a Penthouse Above the City
The full accommodation portfolio of 60 rooms and 21 suites – rates from €1,300 and €2,100 respectively – is designed with the sensibility of private Roman residences.
High ceilings, generous proportions, natural light, views over Rome’s rooftops or the tranquil inner courtyard. Restored architectural details sit alongside contemporary furnishings in a balance that never feels forced.
The suite collection ranges from the duplex Campo Marzio Suites and the terrace-fronted Chigi Suite to the Arte Suite and the landmark Theodoli Heritage Suite. Crowning them all is the Aurea Penthouse, inspired by Nero’s legendary Domus Aurea, and designed for complete privacy above the Roman skyline.
Carlo Cracco’s Roman Debut
For the first time, acclaimed Italian chef Carlo Cracco brings his culinary vision to Rome, and Corinthia has given him three distinct stages on which to do it. Viride, overlooking the hotel’s interior garden, offers contemporary Italian cuisine shaped by season and produce.
Piazzetta channels Rome’s instinct for warm, convivial hospitality. And Ocra Bar, dressed in nocturnal tones, is already the kind of place that invites a long aperitivo to stretch into evening.
Cracco’s presence here is significant. His Roman debut alone would be news; within Corinthia Rome’s context, it becomes part of a broader cultural proposition.
The Spa in the Vault
Beneath the hotel, where the bank once secured its most valuable reserves, Corinthia has installed one of the city’s most quietly extraordinary wellness spaces.
The Corinthia Spa is subterranean and intimate, designed around water, mineral stone and softened light – its architecture inspired by ancient Roman bathing rituals. The treatment menu, developed with Italian botanical brand Seed to Skin and London’s 111Skin, combines Tuscan plant intelligence with clinical-grade skincare. Signature treatments include The Chrysalis and the Reverse Signature Facial.
Location: The Centre of Everything
Campo Marzio, the neighbourhood in which Corinthia Rome sits, has long been one of the city’s most desirable quartieri — artisan, literary, quietly self-possessed. The Pantheon is moments away. So are the Roman Forum and the Spanish Steps. It is, in short, precisely where a hotel of this calibre should be.
Corinthia Rome, Piazza del Parlamento 18, 00186 Roma
corinthia.com/Rome
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