Urban renewal under Nicholas V
The “Diario della città di Roma”, by Roman chronicler Stefano Infessura, is one of the most important sources on Rome in the latter half of the fifteenth century. This excerpt from the “Diario” not only tells of the great influx of pilgrims in 1450 and the notorious Sant'Angelo Bridge accident, it also mentions Nicholas V’s urban renewal plan in the run-up to the Jubilee and immediately afterwards. The Pope, who was to die a few years later in 1455, called in Leon Battista Alberti as a consultant on his new plan for Rome
Stefano Infessura, Diario della città di Roma di Stefano Infessura scribasenato, nuova edizione a cura di Oreste Tommasini, Roma 1890