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Death of the Dove
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The last of all the Romans, fare thee well. It is impossible
that ever Rome should breed thy fellow.
—William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Though she was once again amassing huge amounts of cash,
this did not give Olimpia the feeling of safety. An unfriendly
pope could seize her bank accounts and bonds, as Innocent
had done to the Barberinis and to Cardinal Astalli. And while one
could hide gold in walls and under the floors, this, too, could be discovered.
It would be more difficult for the next pope to confiscate property,
especially if it was located outside Rome. The nobles bristled with anger
whenever the government tried to take an estate from a nobleman, realizing
theirs could be next.
On April 26, 1654, Olimpia purchased at auction vast tracts of land,
including several castles in Umbria, for 265,000 scudi. It was a relatively
safe investment; if events forced her to remove herself even farther from
Rome than San Martino, she could retire as a feudal princess to her
lovely turreted castle of Alviano.
Soon after Olimpia bought her castles, a messenger galloped into the
papal palace bearing glorious news for the pope. Twenty-seven-year-old
Queen Christina of Sweden, who had been talking secretly to Jesuit