Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate XLVIII · Sisto Iv-V

Vol. XI (1953) · full-page plate
Above: PONTE SISTO, built by Baccio Pontelli under Sixtus IV and the hospital of the beggars, founded by Sixtus V in 1587 and built by Domenico Fontana - Rome. Below: CORONATION OF SIXTUS V (1585), in the background the new Basilica of S. Pietro under construction. Frescoes of the «Salone Sistino» of the Vatican Library, executed by Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89).
(fot. Sansaini)
Plate XLVIII
(fot. Sansaini)
Above: PONTE SISTO, built by Baccio Pontelli under Sixtus IV and the hospital of the beggars, founded by Sixtus V in 1587 and built by Domenico Fontana - Rome. Below: CORONATION OF SIXTUS V (1585), in the background the new Basilica of S. Pietro under construction. Frescoes of the «Salone Sistino» of the Vatican Library, executed by Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89).

Also cited in: Sixtus III, Pope, Saint, Sixtus V, Pope

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