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Emperor. In the Piazza awaited Antonio de Leyva with a lot of cavalry and armed infantry, who, hearing shouting that the Emperor was crowned "Viva Carlo V Imperatore Invittissimo", had all the big bombards shot ".
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received positive reviews, although no one had predicted that the guests would stay as long as they did. Clement VII arrived in
Bologna on October 20, 1529, crossing the lands of his state: official sources of the time wrote that the Pope was splendidly received, but not without reservations from the populace, due to the taxes he imposed to mount a crusade against the Turks. Charles V travelled by sea from
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of the pope, ambassadors of various states, various princes, dukes, marquises and counts, the college of cardinals, various prelates and German and
Spanish soldiers led by their general captain. Soon, however, the procession fell apart and while the Pope and his retinue returned to the Palazzo Pubblico, the Emperor with another canopy continued with his retinue for another ceremony, up to
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Nobility and laymen prepared during the last months of 1529 to host the Pope and the future
Emperor with their very extensive retinues. The city became a sort of stage theatre of the world, where the crafts and artistic skills of the Bolognese were put to the test. It was a prestigious occasion that
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and his soldiers armed to protect
Charles V. The Mass was long and solemn and the Emperor knelt before the Pope after having pronounced the ritual formulas, received the golden crown, in the presence of the representatives of all the Italian states and a considerable part of the peninsula's
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agreed to the imperial coronation as a means to heal the political and religious conflicts that had divided the
Italian and European world and to reach a "universal peace" in the Christian West that would ensure a more effective defence against
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a fountain was installed in the shape of a black eagle in the middle of two lions. The eagle poured red wine all day long, one of the lions poured white wine, and the other water. And it was a very gratifying thing to the
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