 | Alexander Graf von Hübner - 1872 - 430 pages
...the western flank of the church near the old sacristy. Paul III. had been 1 Babbi to the Grand-Duke, September 28, 1585. the first to conceive the idea...the senator of Eome, and a few men learned in such matters.1 It was decided that a competition should be opened ; and a choice soon became possible from... | |
 | 1874 - 614 pages
...the piazza of St. Peter, ' Michael Angelo and San Gallo, who were the first architects of the day, were unanimous in declaring the undertaking to be...impracticable. Their opinion being law,' the idea was given up. Fontana afterwards designed a plan which was accepted ; but, as the mason was still young, two ' architects... | |
 | 1874 - 618 pages
...the piazza of St. Peter, ' Michael Angelo and San Gallo, who were the first architects of the day, were unanimous in declaring the undertaking to be impracticable. Their opinion being law,' the idea idea was given up. Fontana afterwards designed a plan which was accepted ; but, as the mason was still... | |
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When it had been proposed to raise the obelisk of Nero in the centre of the piazza of St. Peter, ' Michael Angelo and San Gallo, who were the first architects of the day, were unanimous in declaring the undertaking to be impracticable. Their opinion being... 