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 379
ceilings. After the brilliant pontificate of Leo XLa Magliana was practically abandoned by the court. Theshield of another Medici pope, Pius IV, is carved on thefountain of the courtvard, and that of Sixtus V is paintedin the hall nearest to the second landing of the stairs. Thisis the last record… … The fountain of Pius IV in the court of La Maliaua As Ave ap[)ro;icli it from the last rise of the road over theMonte (lelle Pielie we cannot help being impressed by thepresent loneliness of the place, so strikingly in contrast withthe brilliant records of the past. And yet abandonment haskept La…
