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Renaissance Urbanism in the 15 th and 16 th centuries

Renaissance Urbanism in the 15 th and 16 th centuries. Under Pope Nicholas V (1397-1455). Rome c. 1450. Planning under Pope Julius II (1503-1513). Banchi was redeveloped and de-congested A bold new design for St. Peter’s and redevelopment of the Vatican (Bramante was the architect)

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Renaissance Urbanism in the 15 th and 16 th centuries

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  1. Renaissance Urbanismin the 15th and 16th centuries

  2. Under Pope Nicholas V (1397-1455) Rome c. 1450

  3. Planning under Pope Julius II (1503-1513) • Banchi was redeveloped and de-congested • A bold new design for St. Peter’s and redevelopment of the Vatican (Bramante was the architect) • Proposal for a new, straight street: Via Giulia, running north and south • Another parallel street, Via della Lungara, would connect Borgo with Trastevere • The Palace of Justice along Via Giulia • Shows papal attempt to assert its authority through a grand urban scheme

  4. St. Peter’s and the Borgo

  5. Urban Planning under Pope Leo X (1513-1521)

  6. Piazza del Popolo

  7. The Capitol, Washington, DC

  8. The Master Plan of Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590) • The most ambitious papal urban project • Domenico Fontana was employed as the architect • Sixtus abandoned the piecemeal approach of his predecessors • Entire city and its periphery was brought under one master plan marked by broad and axial avenues connecting the edge of the core and vast expanse of the east • The avenues connected two points of interest

  9. Seven principal churches St. Peter’s St. John of the Lateran S. Croce S. Agnese S. Lorenzo St. Paul’s S. Maria Maggiore

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