A competition for the majestic façade of the San Giovanni in Laterano was won by architect Alessandro Galilei.
The façade he designed is perhaps more palatial than ecclesiastic, and was finished by 1735.
Clement XII erected in that ancient basilica a magnificent chapel dedicated to his 14th century kinsman, St. Andrew Corsini.
He restored the Arch of Constantine and built the governmental palace of the Consulta on the Quirinal.
He purchased from Cardinal Alessandro Albani for 60,000 scudi a famous collection of statues, inscriptions, etc.,
and added it to the gallery of the Capitol.
He paved the streets of Rome and the roads leading from the city, and widened the Corso.
He began the triumphant Baroque Fontana di Trevi, one of the noted ornaments of Rome.
Under his reign a port was built at Ancona, with a highway that gave easy access to the interior.
He drained the malarial marshes of the Chiana near Lake Trasimeno.
A competition for the majestic façade of the San Giovanni in Laterano was won by architect Alessandro Galilei. The façade he designed is perhaps more palatial than ecclesiastic, and was finished by 1735. Clement XII erected in that ancient basilica a magnificent chapel dedicated to his 14th century kinsman, St. Andrew Corsini. He restored the Arch of Constantine and built the governmental palace of the Consulta on the Quirinal. He purchased from Cardinal Alessandro Albani for 60,000 scudi a famous collection of statues, inscriptions, etc., and added it to the gallery of the Capitol. He paved the streets of Rome and the roads leading from the city, and widened the Corso. He began the triumphant Baroque Fontana di Trevi, one of the noted ornaments of Rome. Under his reign a port was built at Ancona, with a highway that gave easy access to the interior. He drained the malarial marshes of the Chiana near Lake Trasimeno.
Pope Clement XII