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It was already a thousand years old. The very legitimacy and sanctity of the popes themselves were based on their connection to the place where St Peter had been crucified and buried. But in 1505, Pope Julius II decided to destroy it. Many of the clergy were outraged. To destroy the basilica was sacrilege. Julius wanted to build a bigger, better St Peter' s, that would be fittingly magnificent for the capital of Christendom. But he was taking a huge gamble. He was demolishing Rome' s most beloved building and the only church that linked the city and the papacy to the early days of Christianity, and St Peter himself. The rebuilding of St Peter' s would last 120 years. It would take the commitment of another 20 popes to deliver Julius' s vision. But this would be a period of astonishing activity, during which the values of Renaissance Rome would be severely tested. The challenge began with the astronomical cost of building the new St Peter' s. |
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tā yǐ yǒu qiān nián lì shǐ. jiào huáng de hé fǎ xìng hé shén shèng xìng jī yú tā men yǔ shèng bǐ dé shòu xíng dì hé mái gǔ dì de guān lián. rán ér zài 1505 nián, jiào huáng zhū lì ā sī èr shì jué dìng pò chú zhè céng guān lián. hěn duō jiào shì chū lí fèn nù. yào chāi huǐ zhè zuò jiàn zhù shèng bǐ dé dà jiào táng jiǎn zhí tiān lǐ nán róng. zhū lì ā sī èr shì dǎ suàn jiàn yī zuò gèng dà gèng hǎo de shèng bǐ dé dà jiào táng, tā kàn qǐ lái fù lì táng huáng, néng gòu yǔ luó mǎ jī dū jiào zhī dōu xiāng chèn. ér tā, zài háo dǔ. tā shì yào tuī fān luó mǎ chéng zhōng zuì shòu jǐng yǎng de jiàn zhù, zài zǎo qī jī dū jiào chuán rù luó mǎ shí, tā shì wéi yī jiāng luó mǎ jiào huáng quán lì hé shèng bǐ dé lián jié zài yī chù de jiào táng. shèng bǐ dé dà jiào táng chóng jiàn chí xù le yuē 120 nián. zhè qī jiān jīng lì le 20 wèi jiào huáng, tā men dān fù qǐ xiū jiàn jiào táng de zhòng rèn, zuì zhōng jiāng zhū lì ā sī èr shì de yuàn wàng biàn chéng xiàn shí. rán ér zhè duàn shí jiān nèi de zhè xiàng lìng rén jīng yì de huó dòng jiāng shǐ luó mǎ wén yì fù xīng shí qī de jià zhí guān shòu dào yán zhèng kǎo yàn. ér zhè xiàng kǎo yàn jiù shǐ yú jiàn shè xīn shèng bǐ dé jiào táng suǒ yào hào fèi de tiān wén shù zì de fèi yòng. |