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 204
ng. The bridge finished in haste by Nanni was sweptaway by the next inundation (September 15, 1557). Hav-ing been built again for the Jubilee of 1575, it collapsedin the inundation of 1598. The present generation hassubstituted for the old bridge a structure so clumsy andgrotesque in outline that… … The enclosure round the pedestal of Trajans column, built in accordance withMichelangelos suggestion in 1575 value, as for the sake of his own health. It seems that onthe occasion of the advent of Charles V in 1536, Paul IIInot only had removed from the pillar the ignoble structureswhich concealed…
