| Summary: | 碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 歷史學系碩士班 === 101 === This essay will discuss the planning and development of the city of Rome during the reign of Pope Sixtus V followed with a discussion of the significance of this development in the history of sixteenth century Rome.
Pope Sixtus V acquired the help of a capable architect, Domenico Fontana (1543-1607), to create an interlinking road system by the end of the sixteenth century that connected churches in the east end of Rome to an earlier built road system connecting the west end of Rome to form a network of roads covering the entire city under this system. The innovative part of Pope Sixtus V’s planning for Rome was the inclusion of aqueduct leading to the west end of Rome, providing a convenient ways for more people to populate the less developed east end of Rome. This urban developing plan was invaluable to the development of a modern Rome.
The legacy of former Popes from the sixteenth century pointed out a motif for Pope Sixtus V in developing the city of Rome. The sixteenth century popes had been striving to improve traffic condition, scenery, and functionality of the city through designing networks of roads. The process started in west end of Rome because it was more heavily populated with problems needing urgent fixes. Then this process gradually spread east into the barren part of Rome. Pope Sixtus V took the experiences from his predecessor and created an elaborated network road system and carefully designed urban scenery in the east end of Rome. The road system Pope Sixtus V created not only helped the citizens of Rome, it also contributed to the safety and convenience of the pilgrims. This transformation of Rome in a positive way was the proof that popes did make contributions to Christianity at the time. Therefore, the planning of the east end of Rome and the interlinking network of roads during the sixteenth century served as a practical, beautiful, and even popular public infrastructure.
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