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Chigi

Italian family, originally from Siena, that included Agostino Chigi (1465–1520), a Roman banker and patron of the arts who built the Villa Farnesina in Rome (1508–11); Fabio Chigi (1599–1667), Pope 1652–67, better known as Alexander VII; and Flavio Chigi (1810–1885), created a cardinal in 1873.

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Chigi, Agostino
Peruzzi, Baldassare Tommaso

Raphael Sanzio
Rome

``Thanks, thanks for reminding young people that results come only with hard work, sweat and commitment,'' Prodi told the players at the premier's office in Chigi Palace.

SOCCER NOTEBOOK: IT'S A CELEBRATION! ROME WELCOMES HOME WORLD ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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

Chigi aimed at an international economic monopoly akin to Pope Julius II's assertion of a universal church exceeding the Roman Empire in scope.

The Culture of the High Renaissance: Ancients and Moderns in ... by Watkin, David / The Architectural Review

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