Römische Historische Mitteilungen 65/2023, pp. 335-372, 2024/05/01
By cross-referencing the data provided by documents in the family archive (letters, diaries, expense registers), the different stays in Vienna of Monsignor Andrea San-tacroce and his nephew Scipione are reconstructed, outlining the cultural frame-work of the city and their contribution in terms of artistic and cultural exchange, of which the family members residing in Rome were also effective instruments. Diplo-matic gifts, the sending of poetic texts, open architectural sites, as well as religious and secular festivals and ceremonies, banquets, theatres: the documentary sources paint a vivid picture of Vienna at the end of the 17th century and the first decade of the 18th century, which is echoed in the Roman affairs of the family.