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Collegio Clementino

Another of Vasi's long street views, this one taken along the old Via Trinitatis at the intersection of the Via di Ripetta, it shows Piazza Nicosia in the foreground, from which Via di Monte Brianzo leads to its distant Y-intersection with Via dell'Orso (2). There a significant number of Plates which document these two streets the most notable are Plate 107 (Via di Ripetta) and Plate 128 (Via Trinitatis). Part way along on the left side of the street and barely visible from this vantage point, is the small church of S. Lucia della Tinta (3) dedicated to cloth dyers who worked in that neighborhood. At the center of the print the Collegio Clementino, with its chief door noted by Vasi as being in the right wing, defines two sides of Piazza Nicosia. Clement VIII Aldobrandini (1592-1605) founded this institution as a school for sons of the nobility. It was demolished in the early 20th century to make way for the river road (Lungotevere Marzio). At the right is a corner of Palazzo d'Aste di Genova (NN 498) whose main facade is on Via Ripetta, from which this view was taken. On the left side of the print the mid 16th century Palazzo Negroni (4) shares the same Renaissance street axis.