¬The¬ tourist in Italy.- (¬The¬ landscape annual ; 1831)
Page 180 of 324
Author:
Roscoe, Thomas ; Prout, Samuel [Ill.] / by Thomas Roscoe. Ill. from drawings by S. Prout
Place:
London
Publisher:
Jennings and Chaplin
Physical description:
VI, 271 S. : Ill.
Language:
Englisch
Subject heading:
g.Italien;f.Führer
Location mark:
II 302.333
Intern ID:
499515
152 THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL. was not entirely removed until the pontificate of Julius the Second, in 1506, when the first stone of the present building was laid. The history of the building of St. Peter's, and the de scription of the splendours of its architectural decoration, would literally require volumes to do them justice. The treasures of a succession of pontiffs and the genius of several generations of architects were lavished upon the edifice. Daring the pontificates of Julius the Second
, Leo the Tenth, Adrian the Sixth, Clement the Seventh, Paul the Third, Julius the Third, Pius the Fifth, Gregory the Thirteenth, Sixtus the Fifth, Paul the Fifth, and Alexander the Seventh, the vast work still proceeded ; and it was not until three centuries and a half had been consumed in the labour that the mighty mass was com pleted. The whole sum expended upon the church, before its completion, has been reckoned at forty-seven millions of scudi, upwards of ten millions and a half ster ling