 Coat of arms of Pope Clement XII (1730-40), Trevi Fountain Many of the buildings and monuments in the centre of Rome are emblazoned with the coats of arms of some of the many popes who ruled the Eternal City for centuries until 1871, when it became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. A papal coat of arms is easily identifiable, as the escutcheon of the pope's family will be surmounted by the papal tiara and the keys of St. Peter. A pope whose family did not have a coat of arms would have assumed one upon becoming a bishop. Many popes were great patrons of art and architecture and, as a consequence, their coats of arms proliferated throughout the city. A good example is Pope Urban VIII (r. 1623-44), who belonged to the Barberini family. The family's coat of arms is made up of three bees and the Barberini bees can be seen buzzing about all over Rome.  Coat of arms of Pope Paul II (r. 1464-71), Palazzo Venezia   Coat of arms of Pope Paul III (r. 1534-49), Palazzo Farnese  Coat of arms of Pope Pius IV (r. 1559-65), Porta Pia  Coat of arms of Pope Gregory XIII (r. 1572-85), Via del Babuino  Coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V (r. 1585-90), Fountain of Moses  Coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V (r. 1585-90), Palazzo del Laterano  Coat of arms of Pope Paul V (r. 1605-21), Fontana dell' Acqua Paola  Coat of arms of Pope Innocent X (r. 1644-55), Fountain of the Four Rivers  Coat of arms of Pope Urban VIII (r. 1623-44), Triton Fountain  Coat of arms of Pope Alexander VII (1655-67), Piazza San Pietro  Coat of arms of Pope Clement IX (1667-69), Palazzo del Banco di Santo Spirito  Coat of arms of Pope Clement X (r. 1670-76), Palazzo Altieri  Coat of arms of Pope Clement XI (r. 1700-21), Fontana del Pantheon  Coat of arms of Pope Clement XII (1730-40), Palazzo della Consulta  Coat of arms of Pope Clement XIII (r. 1758-69), Palazzo del Quirinale  Coat of arms of Pope VI (1775-79), Obelisk of Antinous  Coat of arms of Pope Gregory XVI (1831-46), Palazzo del Quirinale  Coat of arms of Pope Pius IX (1846-76), Porta San Pancrazio  Coat of arms of Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903), San Lorenzo in Panisperna  Coat of arms of Pope Pius X (r. 1903-14), Santa Prassede  Coat of arms of Pope Pius XII (r. 1939-58), Piazza Pia  Coat of arms of Pope John Paul II, St Peter's Basilica  Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI (r. 2005-13), St Paul's Outside the Walls Comments are closed.
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its art, history and culture. My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England. Since 2001 I have lived in Italy, where I run private and
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