Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta

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Title	Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta
Alternate Title	Piazza of the Knights of Malta
View	The east side, detail of a military trophy, depicting relief within pediment
Work Type	open spaces squares (open spaces) piazzas (squares)
Style/Period	Baroque
Creator Name	Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Subject.work	allegorical architectural exteriors military war Knights of Malta
Country	Italy
City	Rome
State/Province	Lazio
Location.Notes	Aventine Hill
Architectural Material	stone
Technique	carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Dates	1764-1766 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	1/5/1998
Subject Information	Over the same period (1764-1766), Piranesi renovated the church and headquarters of the Knights of Malta on the Aventine for their Grand Prior, Cardinal Giovambattista Rezzonico (1740-1783). He devised a ceremonial piazza with an ornamental entrance screen and transformed the modest façade and interior of S Maria del Priorato into an impressive monument to the Order's military history, subtly overlaid with complex antique symbolism .
Information.source	Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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