id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6263 Pope Sixtus V - Wikipedia .html text/html 5908 858 64 Inspired by the ideal of the Renaissance city, Pope Sixtus V's ambitious urban reform programme transformed the old environment to emulate the "long straight streets, wide regular spaces, uniformity and repetitiveness of structures, lavish use of commemorative and ornamental elements, and maximum visibility from both linear and circular perspective."[8] The Pope set no limit to his plans, and achieved much in his short pontificate, always carried through at top speed: the completion of the dome of St. Peter's; the loggia of Sixtus in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano; the chapel of the Praesepe in Santa Maria Maggiore; additions or repairs to the Quirinal, Lateran and Vatican palaces; the erection of four obelisks, including that in Saint Peter's Square; the opening of six streets; the restoration of the aqueduct of Septimius Severus ("Acqua Felice");[4] the integration of the Leonine City in Rome as XIV rione (Borgo).[9] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6263.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6263.txt