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Pope Nicholas V declared that they would create " great buildings" that would demonstrate that " the authority of the Roman Church is the greatest and highest." Rome, said Pope Sixtus IV, would be " the capital of the world." The mission was to create the most magnificent city on Earth, so that pilgrims who couldn' t read or write could see in its churches and palaces the glory of God and his popes. Rome' s renaissance had begun. Across the skyline, the domes of grandiose churches started to rise. Popes and cardinals built the most sumptuous palaces to display the impressive art they' d commissioned. The most elaborate of these would be the papal residence itself, the Vatican. It was an astonishing endeavour that brought together the highest and lowest of human appetites. Spirituality and art vied with power, lust and greed. It took the patronage of many popes, the work of the greatest artists that have ever lived, and incalculable sums of money. |
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jiào huáng ní gǔ lā sī wǔ shì xuān chēng, tā jiāng yào jiàn zào wěi dà de jiàn zhù, yǐ jiàn zhèng luó mǎ jiào huì zhī quán wēi nǎi shì zuì wěi dà hé zuì gāo de. jiào huáng xī kè sī tǎ sī sì shì shuō, luó mǎ jiāng chéng wéi shì jiè zhī dōu. qí shǐ mìng jiù shì jiàn zào shì jiè shang zuì hóng wěi de chéng shì, zhè yàng nèi xiē bú huì rèn zì hé xiě zì de cháo shèng zhě men biàn néng gòu zài jiào táng hé gōng diàn zhōng jiàn zhèng shàng dì jí qí jiào huáng men de guāng huī. luó mǎ de wén yì fù xīng kāi shǐ le. hóng wěi de jiào táng shēng qǐ yí gè gè qióng dǐng, huá guò tiān jì. jiào huáng men hé hóng yī zhǔ jiào men jiàn zào qǐ zuì shē huá de gōng diàn yǐ chéng zài nèi xiē tā men suǒ jīng shǒu de lìng rén zhèn hàn de yì shù. qí zhōng zuì qiǎo duó tiān gōng de jiù shì jiào huáng de guān dǐ běn shēn, fàn dì gāng. tā lìng rén jīng yà dì nǔ lì jiāng rén lèi gāo shàng hé dī jí zhī qù wèi róng hé zài le yì qǐ. jīng shén hé yì shù tóng quán lì, yù wàng, tān lán xiāng fēn zhēng. zhè jiàn gōng chéng dé dào le duō wèi jiào huáng de zàn zhù, xǔ duō shì jiè shang zuì wěi dà de yì shù jiā cān yù qí zhōng, tóng shí yě hào fèi le dà liàng de jīn qián. |