Logge del Papa - Siena, Italy
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N 43° 19.125 E 011° 20.012
32T E 689219 N 4798856
The Logge del Papa is a loggia of Siena, located next to the Chiesa di San Martino.
Waymark Code: WMXXNM
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 03/13/2018
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"Built in 1462 by the Sienese Antonio Federighi , was commissioned by Pope Pius II (a native of Corsignano, current Pienza , at Siena), who donated it to his family Piccolomini, from which he came, and he had the palace contiguous.
The Logge del Papa have a facade in travertine with three renaissance arches in Corinthian capitals .
The arches are surmounted by a lintel bearing the inscription in Latin " "PIUS II PONT MAX GENTILIBVS SVIS PICCOLOMINEIS "(Pius II Pontifex Maximus to his relatives Piccolomini ) and a penthouse in bricks ."
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