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Book ID: 2942
Title Descrizione delle due machine d'artifizio erette in Roma... in occasione di presentarsi la Chinea da S. E. D. Fabrizio Colonna,... nelle... XXVIII e XXIX giugno MDCCLIV, inventate dal Sig. Paolo Posi,...
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Year of event 1754
Event description Fireworks in Rome in conjunction with presentation of the 'chinea' to Pope Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini - 1740-1758)
Event type Local Festivities: Chinea, Rome
Event place Rome
Publication info Rome: stamp. di A. Rotili; n.d.; 4°
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Festival type Fireworks; Machines/machine
Rulers Benedict XIV (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini), Pope
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Shelfmark BNF 8- RA5- 1126; BNF R 35019
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Notes The 'chinea' is a ceremony of homage by the King of Naples to the Pope, which includes a cavalcade and the payment of tribute. It is medieval in origin and was held every year on the vigil of the feast of Sts Peter and Paul. The word 'chinea' comes from Old French haquenée, meaning a horse, the form the tribute originally took.