Collegio Clementino

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Collegio Clementino

The Collegio Clementino, sited between the Strada del'Orso and the banks of the Tiber

Tiber

The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres through Umbria and Lazio to the Tyrrhenian Sea....
in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, was founded by Pope Clement VIII

Pope Clement VIII

Pope Clement VIII , born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was Pope from January 30, 1592 to March 3, 1605....
in 1595, to host Slavonian refugees, but it was a stylish venue from the outset. Giacomo della Porta

Giacomo della Porta

Giacomo della Porta was an Italy architect and sculptor, who worked for many important buildings in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica. He was born at Porlezza, Lombardy....
was commissioned to erect a suitable palazzo

Palazzo

Palazzo can be:*Palazzo, an Italian type of building*part of a commune name, for example:**Palazzo Adriano, a commune in the province of Palermo, in Sicily, Italy...
to house them, one of the aged architect's last projects. On February 25, 1601, a tragicomedy was performed in the Collegio's theater attended by no less than six cardinals .

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The Collegio Clementino, sited between the Strada del'Orso and the banks of the Tiber

Tiber

The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres through Umbria and Lazio to the Tyrrhenian Sea....
in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, was founded by Pope Clement VIII

Pope Clement VIII

Giacomo della Porta

Palazzo

Pope Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII , born Maffeo Barberini, was Pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last Pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions....
shifted the Slavs to Loreto

Loreto

Loreto is Italian laurel-wood. It may refer to:...
and refounded the Collegio Clementino as an elite school for young noblemen of every nation

Nation

A nation is a cultural and social community. In as much as most members never meet each other, yet feel a common bond, it may be considered an imagined community....
and the richest families in Rome. The musical tradition of the Collegio Clementina remained strong: Alessandro Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque music composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera....
wrote oratorio

Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and solo ists. The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the opera. Their similarities include the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable Fictional character, and arias....
s for Carnival

Carnival

Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during January and February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus , masque and public street party....
seasons and came up from Naples to oversee their production .

Instruction "in all the sciences and the gentlemanly arts" according to a description of 1761, was entrusted to brothers of the order of the Somaschi, a religious order of teaching brothers established during the Counter-Reformation

Counter-Reformation

The Counter-Reformation denotes the period of Roman Catholic Church revival from the pontificate of Pope Pius IV in 1560 to the close of the Thirty Years' War, 1648....
, which had been authorized by Pope Pius V

Pope Pius V

Pope Saint Pius V , born Antonio Ghislieri was Pope from 1566 to 1572 and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. He is chiefly notable for his role in the implementation of the Council of Trent, the Counterreformation and the standardisation of the liturgy....
in 1568; they proved themselves expert in establishing seminaries

Seminary

A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is a specialized and often live-in higher education institution for the purpose of instructing students in philosophy, theology, spirituality and the religious life, usually in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy....
. In the 17th and 18th century the Collegio Clementina produced many cardinal

College of Cardinals

The Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. The College plays two roles in the church:*participating in Papal conclave when the Holy See is vacant, and...
s from the best families (Domenico Silvio Passionei

Domenico Silvio Passionei

Domenico Silvio Passionei was an italy Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.Born in Fossombrone near Urbino, Marche, he went to Rome in 1695, where he studied philosophy at the Collegio Clementino and law at the university La Sapienza....
among others) and the mathematician Giulio Carlo de' Toschi di Fagnano

Giulio Carlo de' Toschi di Fagnano

Giulio Carlo, Count Fagnano, and Marquis de Toschi was an Italian mathematician. He was probably the first to direct attention to the theory of elliptic integrals....
. There, Carlo Spinola and Domenico Quarteironi, renowned in mathematics, perspective and hydrostatics, taught the brilliant young polymath and inventor, Raimondo di Sangro, prince of Sansevero .

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: described in a 1761 engraving by Giuseppe Vasi
: (in Italian)