Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini
Papa Urbano VIII fu colui che fece costruire le mura di Castel Sant'Angelo su cui troviamo questi bassorilievi. Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini divenne Pontefice nel 1625, appassionato d'arte commissionò numerose opere a Pietro Da Cortona e Gian Lorenzo Bernini, tra cui ricordiamo il baldacchino, con le possenti quattro colonne tortili in bronzo, sull'altare maggiore al centro della Basilica di San Pietro ma pochi sanno che per realizzare quella magnifica opera usò il bronzo contenuto nelle travi del Pantheon; anche il Colosseo non fu risparmiato e il suo marmo fu prelevato per abbellire i palazzi di Roma. A causa di queste azioni alcuni romani del tempo protestarono attraverso manifesti satirici chiamati "pasqualinas", uno dei quali recitava "Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini" ("Ciò che i barbari non fecero, lo fecero i Barberini").
Pope Urban VIII was the one who had the walls of Castel Sant'Angelo built on which we find these bas-reliefs. Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini became Pontiff in 1625, he was an art lover and commissioned numerous works to Pietro Da Cortona and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, among which we mention the baldachin, with the mighty four bronze twisted columns, on the main altar in the center of the Basilica of Saint Peter, but few know that to make that magnificent work he used the bronze contained in the beams of the Pantheon; even the Colosseum was not spared and its marble was taken to embellish the palaces of Rome. Because of these actions some Romans of the time protested through satirical posters called "pasqualinas" one of which read "Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini" ("What the barbarians didn't, the Barberini did").
Pope Urban VIII was the one who had the walls of Castel Sant'Angelo built on which we find these bas-reliefs. Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini became Pontiff in 1625, he was an art lover and commissioned numerous works to Pietro Da Cortona and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, among which we mention the baldachin, with the mighty four bronze twisted columns, on the main altar in the center of the Basilica of Saint Peter, but few know that to make that magnificent work he used the bronze contained in the beams of the Pantheon; even the Colosseum was not spared and its marble was taken to embellish the palaces of Rome. Because of these actions some Romans of the time protested through satirical posters called "pasqualinas" one of which read "Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini" ("What the barbarians didn't, the Barberini did").
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