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Quirinal Palace

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building program of Gregory XIII

In Gregory XIII
Gregory’s building program, including the Quirinal Palace in Rome, along with his political ventures, together exhausted the papal treasury, causing serious repercussions in the Papal States.
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contribution of Ingres

In Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Maturity
…in the redecoration of the Quirinal Palace, which was in the process of being transformed into Napoleon’s official residence in Rome. Ingres’s contribution consisted of two monumental canvases: Romulus, Conqueror of Acron (1812) and The Dream of Ossian (1813).
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In Rome: The Viminal and Quirinal
The Palazzo del Quirinale (Quirinal Palace), built by Pope Gregory XIII in 1574 as a summer palace away from the heat and malaria of the Vatican, was enlarged and embellished over the next 200 years by a succession of noted architects. The palace, with many extensions and wings, is…
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