Background
Titi was born in town of Città di Castello in Umbria.
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Filippo Titi
Edit Profileart historian protonotary apostolic
Education
He studied arts with Virgilio Ducci, a pupil of Francesco Albano.
Career
Titi"s Studio was republished by Giuseppe Vannacci in 1686. lieutenant was then dedicated to Cardinal Gaspero di Carpegna, the papal Vicar. Titi"s index lists about 275 churches.
The sections include some of the background of the founding of the church, and the descriptions of the interior are curt.
However, there is room for tart commentary such as when he states that to obtain the travertine used to build the Palazzo della Cancelleria nearly half of the Coloseum as well as the entire Architecture of Emperor Gordian was undone. His introduction highlights that this book was meant in part to serve as a guidebook to the increasing crowd of visitors that came to Rome as pilgrims or tourists on the Grand Tour.
The book was republished over the years A similar guide for Florence had been published nearly a century earlier by Francesco Bocchi.
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Died
1702 (aged 63) -
Religion
Roman Catholic