The monument was executed by Nicholas V., who is said to have written
the inscription--
"Let me not gain praise because I was a second Apelles,
But because, O Christ, I gave all my gains to the poor.
Seeing some of my works are extant on earth, others in heaven,
The City of Flowers of Etruria reared me."
The MONASTERY attached was the headquarters of the Dominicans, and in
it Galileo was tried "for asserting that the world revolved round the
sun, in opposition to Holy Writ."
The LIBRARY is open every day from 7.30 to 11 A.M., and from 3 to 5
P.M.
On the façade are some curious inscriptions, referring to the height
of the floods caused by the Tiber from 1422.