The Ransacking of Rome in 1527: once so powerful now shattered
The Ransacking of Rome in 1527 had, in the imagination of the time, the value of a shock: it marked the end of an era, that of the Renaissance.
S. Angelo castle was the mausoleum of emperor Hadrian, then a fortress for the Pope to hide from foreign invaders, then a jail and nowadays a museum
The Ransacking of Rome in 1527 had, in the imagination of the time, the value of a shock: it marked the end of an era, that of the Renaissance.