SLIDE 1
Malatesta Temple, circa 1450
- Shows Influence of Roman Triumphal Arch
- Incomplete Structure built for a Military despot (Sigismondo
Malatesta) in Rimini
- It was a church, - converted into a notorious temple for
Malatesta and his mistress
- Alberti designed the new exterior, in the manner of Roman
Triumphal Arch
- The sides of the building were niches which were to be a hall
- f fame - burial vaults for Malatesta and his mistress