The golden days of the renaissance in Rome, from the pontificate of Julius II to that of Paul III (1906)
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929 · Boston; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 128
ame intothe hands of the Caetani at the time of Hadrian VI and was sold by them tothe Celestinian Fathers of Sant Eiisebio in tlie year 1027. LIFE IN THE CITY 95 The flood of 1598, the highest recorded in history, beganon Christmas eve. At noon of the following day there weretwenty-one feet of… … iliL- iiHindation of IJUO as seen in the Piazza del Pantheon where the fountain of the Barcaccia was erected at a laterperiod to commemorate the event. Two arches of the ^Emi-lian bridge were overthrown at 3 p. m. on the 24th, a fewseconds after Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini had crossed itto rescue…
