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unusual facts about Raffaello da Montelupo


Raffaello da Montelupo

(Legend holds that in 590 the Archangel appeared atop what was then the mausoleum of Hadrian, sheathing his sword as a sign of the end of the Roman plague, thus lending the fortress its present name).


Nanni di Baccio Bigio

He is described as a "versatile" architect, who had originally set out to be a sculptor working under Raffaello da Montelupo.

Ponte Sant'Angelo

In 1669 Pope Clement IX commissioned replacements for the aging stucco angels by Raffaello da Montelupo, commissioned by Paul III.


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