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Art and literature flourished vigorously at
Foligno. Evidence of this may still be seen in the
Trinci palace, with its magnificent halls decorated by
Ottaviano Nelli, Gentile da Fabriano, and others. Better
preserved is the chapel, on the ceiling of which is
pictured the life of the Blessed Virgin; in the
adjoining room the story of Romulus and Remus is
depicted. Another room is called "The Hall of Astronomy";
the largest is "The Hall of the Giants", so called from
its immense portraits of personages of Biblical and
Roman history. This splendid edifice has unfortunately
been disgracefully neglected and now serves as a court
of justice, prison, etc. At the court of the Trinci,
especially Nicoḷ, were many distinguished poets, e.g.
Mastro Paolo da Foligno. Fra Tommasuccio da Nocera,
Candido Bontempi, and others; the most illustrious was
the Dominican Federigo Frezzi, Bishop of Foligno (1403),
whose "Quadriregio" is a kind of commentary on the "Hall
of the Giants". After the murder of Nicoḷ Trinci in
1437, his brother Corrado began to rule in a tyrannical
way; Eugene IV, therefore, in 1439 sent Cardinal
Vitelleschi to demand his submission. Henceforth Foligno
enjoyed a large communal liberty under a papal governor.
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