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In the dilapidated episcopal palace [[Pope Pius II]] died in [[1464]]. An interesting church is S. Maria della Piazza, with an In [[1532]] lost its freedom and became of the "Stato della Chiesa", under [[Pope Clement VII]].

|Leader name1 || [[Pope Benedict XVI]] ...''Sancta Sedes'') and the location of the [[Apostolic Palace]] – the Pope's official residence – and the [[Roman Curia]]. Thus, although the pr

When professional cycle racing resumed in 1946 after [[World War II]], Bartali narrowly beat Coppi in that year's Giro, while Coppi won [[Milan ...d all members except Nissim sent to [[concentration camps]]. He met Pope [[Pius XII]] and, with the help of the [[Archbishop]] of Genoa, the [[Franciscans|

...reference to the [[Savoy]] monarch who eventually became [[Victor Emanuel II]], the first king of united Italy). Thus, "Viva Verdi" became a rallying cr ...is ''"Tu scendi dalle stelle"'', the words to which were written by [[Pope Pius IX]] in 1870. The melody is a major-key version of an older, minor-key Neap