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The sack of Rome in 1527 by the armies of the Holy Roman emperor Charles V ended the city’s preeminence as a Renaissance centre. In eight days, thousands of churches, palaces, and houses were pillaged and destroyed. But, even under the repressive rule of the Counter-Reformation papacy, Rome recovered; a new era of construction was begun, culminating in a vast program of city planning by Sixtus V (1585–90) and his architect Domenico Fontana. Since lack of water had driven residents off the high ground, Sixtus restored the aqueduct of the ancient emperor Severus Alexander, the Aqua Alexandrina, which the pope ...(100 of 20237 words)

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