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Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon

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Jakob Alt Das Pantheon und die Piazza della Rotonda in Rom 1836
Jakob Alt Das Pantheon und die Piazza della Rotonda in Rom 1836

The Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon is one of the Pontifical Academies under the direction of the Holy See. The complete Italian name of the academy, Pontificia Insigne Accademia di Belle Arti e Letteratura dei Virtuosi al Pantheon, includes the adjective insigne (illustrious), often omitted in official English translations. The term Virtuosi al Pantheon (virtuosos of the Pantheon) is also usually left untranslated, but, in any event, should not be taken in the English musical sense of “virtuoso” but rather “artists of great merit”. The Pantheon in Rome was the historical home of the academy. The term “academy” is meant in the Renaissance definition of the term as an association of learned persons and not an institution of instruction.

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Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon
Piazza della Cancelleria, Rome Municipio Roma I

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00186 Rome, Municipio Roma I
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