Marianna Mancini

Marianna Mancini earned her PhD in History of Architecture from the Department of History, Representation, and Restoration of Architecture of Sapienza Università di Roma in February 2025. Her dissertation examined the palace of the Torres family in Rome and the interplay between patrons, architects, and masons in sixteenth-century Roman building culture. In 2025, she collaborated with a PRIN 2022 research group on the project CHROME – Churches of Rome: Atlas of the Chapels of the Capitoline Nobility (1347–1600). She was awarded the Weinberg Fellowship in Architectural History and Preservation at the Italian Academy, Columbia University (fall semester 2025). Her time at MAP will allow her to analyze the extensive and ambitious plan to renovate Medici real estate in Rome, which was commissioned by Cosimo II de’ Medici and entrusted to Ludovico Cardi, known as il Cigoli. The study intends to examine the purpose of Cigoli’s unrealized architectural projects, evaluate their feasibility, and determine their potential impact on Rome’s urban fabric, offering a new perspective on the Grand Duke’s cultural policies and ambitions as an architectural patron.