10 Facts About Michelangelo Caetani

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Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta and Prince of Teano, was a notable political figure, goldsmith, and an Italian scholar with a great interest in literature and sculpture.

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Michelangelo Caetani was a descendant from the Italian noble Caetani family, which played a great role in the history of Pisa and Rome.

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Michelangelo Caetani published relevant works, such as La Materia nella Divina Commedia and Carteggio Dantesco and designed a series of topographic maps to be used by students of the Divine Comedy.

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Michelangelo Caetani's work was printed by the monks at Monte Cassino, using early Chromolithography.

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Michelangelo Caetani's house was the meeting place of national and international scholars, such as Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Franz Liszt, Honore de Balzac, Renan, Hippolyte Taine, Frederic Ozanam, Jean-Jacques Ampere, George Ticknor, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Alfred von Reumont, Demosthene Ollivier.

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In 1840, Michelangelo Caetani married the Polish Countess Calixta Rzewuski, the daughter of Waclaw Seweryn Rzewuski, a well-known Polish orientalist.

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Michelangelo Caetani did not condone extremists and he was aligned with Pellegrino Rossi.

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Michelangelo Caetani served as Minister of police in the government of Cardinal Bofondi, in collaboration with Carlo Troya and Michele Amari.

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Michelangelo Caetani was elected twice to the Italian Parliament and was awarded the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation due to his service to the Kingdom of Italy.

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Street in Rome is named after Michelangelo Caetani, which is located to the south of Via delle Botteghe Oscure in rione XI .

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