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Alexander VII

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Alexander VII (1599–1667)

Pope 1655–67. He succeeded Innocent X and was a patron of the arts, which he much preferred to affairs of state – he was responsible for the colonnade of St Peter's. He supported the Society of Jesus in its conflict with the Jansenists.



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In her ambitious and thorough study of urban planning in Rome under Pope Alexander VII Chigi (1655-67), Dorothy Metzger Habel traces the evolution of six papal building projects from conception to fruition (or abandonment), revealing a unity between them that is not apparent in general-audience books on the subject.
The Urban Development of Rome in the Age of Alexander VII by Slominski, Suzy / Renaissance Quarterly
A commemorative marker at its former site, on the northeast corner of the Corso at the intersection with Via della Vita, announces that it was destroyed by Pope Alexander VII in 1665 to straighten the street so carriages could pass more quickly.
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Documentary Culture: Florence and Rome from Grand-Duke Ferdinand I to Pope Alexander VII.
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