The History of the Popes From the Close of the Middle Ages, Vol. 26

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Excerpt from The History of the Popes From the Close of the Middle Ages, Vol. 26: Drawn From the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original SourcesA.d. Page 1616 - I7 Acqua Trajana restored as Acqua Paola 427 The streets of Rome improved 432 The benefactions of the Pope 435 Recorded in monographs and Guides to Rome 437 Tray ellers and Env oys to Rome are full of admiration 438 The Borghese palace nearly doubled in size 444 Cardinal Scipio Borghese buys and beautifies 446 Two more palaces, in the Borgo and on the Quirinal 447 Filling them with art treasures and pictures 448 Papal residences outside Rome 450.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.