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'''San Giovanni dei Fiorentini''' (English: ''Saint John of the Florentines'') was the national church of [[Florence]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] city of [[Rome]].<ref name="brotherhood"/> | '''San Giovanni dei Fiorentini''' (English: ''Saint John of the Florentines'') was the national church of [[Florence]] in the [[Italy|Italian]] city of [[Rome]].<ref name="brotherhood"/> | ||
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Pope Leo X initiated an architectural completion in 1508 for a new church to be built in place of the old Saint Pantaleo. The winning architect went by the name of Sansovino but there were complications and construction slowly ground to a halt. Many different people tried to finish the church tower over two centuries, and it was finally completed in 1734.<ref name="brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 00:42, 6 January 2012
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini (English: Saint John of the Florentines) was the national church of Florence in the Italian city of Rome.[1]
History
Pope Leo X initiated an architectural completion in 1508 for a new church to be built in place of the old Saint Pantaleo. The winning architect went by the name of Sansovino but there were complications and construction slowly ground to a halt. Many different people tried to finish the church tower over two centuries, and it was finally completed in 1734.[1]