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soon made him change his mind. On account of this
the city walls were repaired, the fortifications of the
Borgo/ on which the Turks taken prisoner at Lepaiito
were made to work, was completed, ^ the Castle of St.
Angelo was strengthened,^ the sea coast of Latnim was
protected by towers,^ and the works at Civitavecchia,
Ancona, and Camerino were finished.^ Cesare Guasco,^
1 Cf. Lanciani, IV., 10 seq. ; Inventario, I., 317. Several
coats of arms are preserved in the Via dalle Mura, near the Porta
Cavalleggieri, among them a large one of Pius V. of 1568.
^ See the *letter of Arco of December 15, 1571, State Archives,
Vienna.
^ See RoDOCANACHi, St.-Ange, tyi, according to whom the
expenses came to 50,000 scudi. Nevertheless, in the museum of
the Castle of St. Angelo there is only one inscription of the modest
Pius V. He applied himself at once to the fortification of the
Borgo ; see the *Avviso di Roma of January i, 1566, and the
*report of Serristori of January 19, 1566, State Archives, Florence,
Medic. 3285. An *Avviso of March 20, 1568, states that for the
fortification of the Borgo, besides the 50,000 scudi taken from the
treasure in the Castle, Pius V. intended to impose a fresh tax
" alia mola "
; Mons. di Narni supervised the works, which the
Pope was anxious to hurry forward (Urb. 1040, p. 490)- An
*Avviso of April 3, 1568, says • *" Si seguita la fortificatione di
Borgo et Castello con tanta dilgenza che I'opera sara finita per
tutto Giugno." {ibid. 499). But even by May 14, 1569, an
*Avviso says that Narni is still going on " a far fabricare la
fortezza di Borgo (Urb. 1041, p. 76, Vatican Library). Cf.
RoccHi, Le piante icnografiche di Roma del sec. XVI., Turin-
Rome, 1902. Reference to the same subject is also made in the
*Discorso sopra la fortificatione di Castel S. Angelo et del Borgo
di Roma I'anno, 1568, Stockholm Library, Ant. Coll. Donation,
1742, Fol. Nr. 8, p. 341 seq.
* See Vol. XVllI. cf this work.
' See Gabutius and Catena, loc. cit., Bertolotti, Art. Subalp.,
72 seq., and V^l. XVIll. of this work. The fortification of Castel-
franco, which was begun for the defence of Bologna, was not
completed ;
see Botero, Relationi VI., Venice, 1618, 40.
^ See Bertolotii, Art. Subalp., 68 seq.