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Chiesa di S. Simeone Profeta

It is rewarding to compare the Nolli plan carefully with this print, because together they reveal that in the eight year interval between the two, the large Piazza Lancellotti was created by demolishing a large portion of the block shown on the map between numbers 534 and 525. The clearing of this piazza (sunlit in the print) gave breathing space to the Palazzo Lancellotti (1) which, until then, had been crowded in by buildings on all sides, including the Palazzo dei Cesi (5) on the right. On the far side of the new piazza the Lancellotti built the servants' quarters and stables (2). Another building which gained light and air when the piazza was built, is the church of S. Simeone (4) which Nolli mistakenly calls it S. Simone, the name of another church nearby. The church (today an empty shell) was restored by Cardinal Girolamo Lancellotti in 1610. The resulting complex of buildings and piazza formed a family enclave similar to that of Piazza Borghese, Plate 69. The street leading toward the river is named Via dell'Arco di Parma, taking its name from the arch (3) which faces onto Via di Tor di Nona. Nothing is left of the arch: the row of buildings in which it was found was demolished for the building of the river walls and road in the late 19th century.