Casina Pio IV

Coordinates: 41°54′15″N 012°27′09″E / 41.90417°N 12.45250°E / 41.90417; 12.45250
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41°54′15″N 012°27′09″E / 41.90417°N 12.45250°E / 41.90417; 12.45250

Mannerist
front of the Casina Pio IV
The courtyard
Casina Pio IV is located in Vatican City
Casina Pio IV
Casina Pio IV
Location on a map of Vatican City

The Casina Pio IV (or Villa Pia) is a

Casina del Boschetto', as it was originally called, from an unknown architect; the first mention of the single-storey building can be found on 30 April 1558, and a notice of the following 6 May, says that the Pope spent "two thirds of his time at the Belvedere
, where he has begun to build a fountain in the woods".

Upon Paul IV's death on 18 August 1559,

ancient Roman sculptures, enliven the exterior (illustration).[1] A team of at least six major painters, including Federico Barocci, Federico Zuccari, and Santi di Tito and their assistants, frescoed the interiors.[2]

The Casina's rich and at times obscure iconographic programme, of the efficacy of baptism, the primacy of the papacy and the welcomed punitive powers of the Church,

Marcantonio da Mula
.

Pope Pius XI, the founder of the current Pontifical Academy of Sciences, made the Casina the Academy's current headquarters in 1936.

See also

  • Index of Vatican City-related articles

Citations

  1. ^ They are not just as Pirro Ligorio designed them; Graham Smith, The Casino of Pius IV, Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1977, documents 17th-century restorations, replacements in 1824 and major renovations in 1931–35.
  2. ^ a b Smith 1977.
  3. ^ As examined by Smith 1977.

General references

  • OCLC 803230407. The first modern monograph based on documentation.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link
    )
  • Losito, Maria (2010). The Casina Pio IV in the Vatican. Translated by Gabriella Clare Marino. Vatican City: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum. .
  • Smith, Graham (1977). The Casino of Pius IV. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. .

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