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Martin IV, born Simon de Brion, was the last pope of the āViterbo periodā. He was elected after a turbulent conclave which lasted six months. The civic head of the city, Annibaldo
Annibaldi, a supporter of the Angevin faction, had interfered in the conclave, preventing the Cardinal Protodeacon,
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with a seven-bay arcade, supported by slender doubled columns and decorated with crests and reliefs. Within the loggia is a 15th-century fountain, made with material of various ages, sporting the coat of arms of the Gatti family.
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The massive faƧade, facing the central piazza San
Lorenzo which is dominated by the Duomo, is approached by a wide staircase completed in 1267. The top of the palace walls is decorated with square
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as a papal residence. From then onwards
Viterbo was never again a long-term papal residence. Moreover, given the hostility of the Roman populace to a French pope, Martin chose to be crowned in
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was continued on through the reigns of several popes after
Nicholas V. The Vatican accounts mention payments "for building done at the bath palace of Viterbo" during the reigns of
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and constant urban violence: the former bishop's palace of
Viterbo was enlarged to provide the Popes with an adequate residence. The construction, commissioned by the
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