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    The Chigi Chapel or Chapel of the Madonna of Loreto (Italian: Cappella Chigi or Cappella della Madonna di Loreto) is the second chapel on the left-hand...
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    the Chigi family, to which Alexander VII belonged, is presumably an allusion to the benefits of his papal reign. Oak leaf motifs, another Chigi family...
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    Dokumente zur Cappella Chigi in Santa Maria del Popolo, Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft 30. Bd. (2003), p. 133 Media related to Capella Chigi - Habakkuk...
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    Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen (1661–1663) Marble, height 180 cm, Cappella Chigi, Siena Cathedral, Siena Constantine, Scala Regia (1663–1670) Marble...
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    best sculptors in Rome. The bronze altarpiece of the "Deposition", for the Chigi Chapel at Santa Maria della Pace, was modeled by Fancelli from a drawing...
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    received a commission from Agostino Chigi to create his tomb in Santa Maria del Popolo, where Agostino had built a chapel (Chigi Chapel). According to Vasari...
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    Castello di Montalto Villa Arceno Villa di Catignano o Villa Sergardi Villa Chigi Lucarini Saracini Villa di Geggiano or Villa Bianchi-Bandinelli Villa di...
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  • Strunck: Bellori und Bernini rezipieren Raffael. Unbekannte Dokumente zur Cappella Chigi in Santa Maria del Popolo, Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft...
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    funeral monument for Princess Maria Flaminia Odescalchi Chigi, the young wife of Don Sigismondo Chigi Albani della Rovere. It was designed by Paolo Posi in...
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    Sistine Chapel (/ˈsɪstiːn/ SIST-een; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina [kapˈpɛlla siˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the...
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    These two portraits show us a very detailed background. The small Chigi Chapel (or Cappella della Madonna del Voto) is situated in the right transept. It...
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    A chapel (from Latin: cappella) is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller...
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    Tedesca's Villa Massimo, again in Rome. Count Guido Chigi-Saracini entrusted him with rebuilding palazzo Chigi-Saracini in Siena and designing its new interiors...
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    basilicas. Several famous relics of disputed authenticity are housed in the Cappella delle Reliquie, built in 1930 by architect Florestano Di Fausto, including...
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    Torriti. The Basilica also contains frescoes by Giovanni Baglione, in the Cappella Borghese. [citation needed] The 12th-century façade has been masked by...
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    granite, 25.5 m (84 ft) tall, supported on bronze lions and surmounted by the Chigi arms in bronze, in all 41 m (135 ft) to the cross on its top. The obelisk...
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    Barberini ai Giubbonari Palazzo Borghese Palazzo della Cancelleria Palazzo Chigi Palazzo Colonna Palazzo della Consulta Palazzo Farnese Palazzo Fusconi-Pighini...
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    Telescope Vatican Observatory Vatican Pharmacy Bibliotheca Palatina Cappella Giulia Cappella Paolina Cardinal Secretary of State Casina Pio IV Circus of Nero...
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    transepts' ceilings. The first chapel to the right of the nave is the Cappella di Sant'Andrea, so named because the church previously on the site, which...
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    Aldobrandini, 2º prince of Meldola (1915–1939) Francesco Chigi della Rovere (fourth son of Mario Chigi Albani della Rovere, 7th prince of Farnese) (1939–1953)...
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    Chapel, otherwise the Baptistery (Italian: Cappella Montemirabile, Cappella di San Giovanni Battista, Cappella del battistero) is the first side chapel...
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    Binchois), and 21 chansons. Thirteen of Ockeghem's masses are preserved in the Chigi codex, a Flemish manuscript dating to around 1500. His Missa pro Defunctis...
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    altarpiece by Pietro Sorri[citation needed] Funerary monument of Agostino Chigi (1631) [citation needed] Birth of the Virgin and Nativity in chapel on Right...
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    Evangelici, riquadro 98, cappella 24* Peppino De Filippo, (1903–1980), stage and film actor *Lot: Evangelici, riquadro 98, cappella 24* Fr. Joseph de Finance [fr]...
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    institutional buildings: Palazzo del Quirinale Seat of the President Palazzo Chigi Seat of the Prime Minister Palazzo Montecitorio Seat of the Italian Chamber...
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    The Pellegrini Chapel (Italian: Cappella Pellegrini), initially named "Guaresco," is a religious building commissioned by Countess Margherita Pellegrini...
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    doors of the church. Almost all art critics ascribe the design of the Villa Chigi in Rome, now known more commonly as the Villa Farnesina, to Peruzzi. In...
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    The Duchies of Castro and Latera (Farnese), the Duchy of Ariccia (of the Chigi), the Duchy of Bracciano, the Duchy of Fiano, the Duchy of Camerino (of...
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    The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of...
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    Battista Spada (1643–1644) Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli (1644–1651) Fabio Chigi (1651–1655); then elected Pope Alexander VII (1655–1667) Giulio Rospigliosi...
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