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 332
palazzetti, until then inhab-ited by bankers, merchants, and prelates, found tenants onlyamong the lower classes of tradesmen. For this reason theContrada dei Banchi, with the adjacent courts, lanes, andalleys, has kept its sixteenth century aspect till the presentday, free from the changes which… … > o H ^ rT\ < CO 00 O - -s C ..-€ 2 T3 >^ -.-^ o ^/ 2 < Q < w CD D O y H AGOSTINO CHIGI IL MAONIFICO 279 By tlie expression tlie present day I mean a period oftime ^vithin my own personal recollection, because evil dayshave fallen lately u})on this picturesque corner, deprivingit of…
