Rome - Papal Chancery Palazzo della Cancelleria
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In the 15th century the leadership of Italy in the fields of art and culture was at first held by Florence under the Medici. Rome suffered during this period from the troubles in which the Papacy was involved (the Pope's exile at Avignon, the schism during which various Cardinals contested the Papal throne), and only gradually recovered its dominant position as the city of the Popes and the center of Christendom during the second half of the century - in spite of a further setback when the Eastern churches broke away from Papal control in 1452. The magnificent Palazzo della Cancelleria (originally the palace of Cardinal Riario, later the Papal Chancery and seat of the government of the Papal State) marked a major step in this development.
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Address:
Papal Chancery, Piazza della Cancelleria, I-00186 Rome, Italy
Transit: Bus: 46, 62, 64.
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