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Acknowledgments
for hours to puzzle out the location of ancient stables, kitchens, and servants’
quarters. Many thanks to Fernando de Mello, the embassy’s cultural
attaché, who made this visit possible.
Francesco Colalucci of the Presidential Ceremonial Office was extremely
generous with his time and knowledge by giving us a threehour
tour of the Quirinal, the papal palace, where Pope Innocent X
spent the last six years of his life, and where he died.
I am especially grateful to Carlo Finazzi and Andrea Donatiello of
the Council of Ministers for permitting me access to Bel Respiro, Olimpia’s
hilltop villa, despite the fact that renovations have resulted in the
closing of the site to most visitors.
Don Gianni, rector of Saint Agnes Church, allowed us to enter the
normally off-limits crypt, location of the ancient chapel built into an
arch of the Domitian Stadium. And many thanks to the friendly custodian,
Eraldo Sboro, who unlocked the doors for our voyage down a
staircase that descended through time itself.
Vicenzo Ceniti, counsel of the Touring Club of Viterbo, took me to
Il Barco, the hunting lodge of Olimpia’s brother, and pointed out Olimpia’s
birthplace in Viterbo. My heartfelt thanks go to Alessandro Taddei
and his wife, Elena Savini, for allowing me into their beautiful home to
gaze at the gold eight-pointed Maidalchini stars still gracing their ceiling.
Mara Bastianelli gave me an in-depth tour of San Martino, including
Olimpia’s palace and church, and answered endless questions. Her husband,
Colombo Bastianelli, has provided me with invaluable documents
not found in any other sources, and gave generously of his in-depth
knowledge of Olimpia’s extraordinary life. It is Colombo Bastianelli
who keeps Olimpia alive in her town of San Martino today.
My gratitude goes to Margherita Carletti Camilli-Mangani for allowing
me to visit her beautiful seventeenth-century hunting lodge
just outside the walls of Viterbo, which is associated with Olimpia’s
youth.
In touring the castles Olimpia bought in Umbria, I was welcomed
and assisted by numerous individuals. Aleandro Tommasi and his wife,
Irene Fabi, invited me to coffee in their home, the ancient hilltop for-
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