THE GOLDEN DAYS OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ROME FROM THE PONTIFICATE OF JULIUS II TO THAT OF PAUL III1906 |
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... honor among the benefactors of mankind . We come now to the Haussmann of the fifteenth century , to Pope Sixtus IV , elected on August 9 , 1471 , to whom the title of " Gran Fabbricatore " -the Great Builder 16 THE CITY.
... honor among the benefactors of mankind . We come now to the Haussmann of the fifteenth century , to Pope Sixtus IV , elected on August 9 , 1471 , to whom the title of " Gran Fabbricatore " -the Great Builder 16 THE CITY.
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... Sixtus IV's " armoirie par- lante , " a quercus robur ( Ital . rovere ) , is still seen gracefully chiselled above the entrance door of our dearest churches , such as San Pietro in Vinculis , Santa Agnese outside the Walls , San Vito in ...
... Sixtus IV's " armoirie par- lante , " a quercus robur ( Ital . rovere ) , is still seen gracefully chiselled above the entrance door of our dearest churches , such as San Pietro in Vinculis , Santa Agnese outside the Walls , San Vito in ...
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... Sixtus V , probably the work of Leonardo Sormani . The name of the foreign collector to whom the four statues were eventually sold by the dealer has never been made known . D'Estouteville was already in his eightieth year when he ...
... Sixtus V , probably the work of Leonardo Sormani . The name of the foreign collector to whom the four statues were eventually sold by the dealer has never been made known . D'Estouteville was already in his eightieth year when he ...
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... Sixtus IV did not follow his example in regard to the sanitation and the beautifying of Rome . With the exception of the Via Alessandrina , now di Borgo , opened by Alexander VI , of the Via Giulia , opened by Julius II , and of the Via ...
... Sixtus IV did not follow his example in regard to the sanitation and the beautifying of Rome . With the exception of the Via Alessandrina , now di Borgo , opened by Alexander VI , of the Via Giulia , opened by Julius II , and of the Via ...
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... Sixtus IV , and the blocks were used in the construction of the towers flanking the Porta del Popolo . The shell , which still constituted a landmark of some importance under the name of Meta Populi , was levelled to the ground in the ...
... Sixtus IV , and the blocks were used in the construction of the towers flanking the Porta del Popolo . The shell , which still constituted a landmark of some importance under the name of Meta Populi , was levelled to the ground in the ...
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