Urban Surgery in Rome

Rome: (Bufalini plan, 1551)
Martin V (1417-31), return from Avignon
      Vatican (St. Peter's)
      Lateran (St. John)
Nicholas V (1477-55), plan for renewing Rome
      Alberti
      Borgo
Sixtus IV (1471-84), urban rehabilitation
Julius II (1503-13)
      Bramante, architect
      St. Peter's, centralized plan (fresco 1585)
      Vatican Palace (Belvedere Courtyard) (DuPerac engraving)
      Via Giulia
Leo X (1513-21), Via della Ripetta
Clement VII (1523-34), Via del Babuino (aerial view of Campus Martius streets)
Paul III (1534-49)
      Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill) (plan before Michelangelo; plan after Michelangelo; drawing)
            Michelangelo, 1538-, architect
                   Marcus Aurelius
                   Palazzo Senatorio
                   Palazzo dei Conservatori
Gregory XIII (1572-85)
      Via Gregoriana
      Acqua Vergine
            Via Condotti
            Fontana di Trevi (mostra)
Sixtus V (1585-90) (plan of Sistine Roads)
      Domenico Fontana, architect
            Acqua Felice, Moses Fountain (mostra)
            Obelisks -- Piazza del Popolo (view), Sta. Maria Maggiore, Lateran, Vatican
            Strada Felice (now Via Sistina)
Innocent X (1644-55)
      Piazza Navona (aerial view)
            Sant' Agnese -- Rainaldi & Borromini
            Fountain of the Four Rivers -- Bernini
      Santa Maria della Pace -- Pietro da Cortona
Alexander VII (1655-67)
      St. Peter's Square -- Bernini (aerial view)
Piazza S. Ignazio -- Raguzzini, 1727-8
Spanish Steps -- De Sanctis, 1723-5 (plan; aerial view)


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