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The Stanza dell'incendio del Borgo was named for the Fire in the Borgo fresco which depicts Pope Leo IV making the sign of the cross to extinguish a raging fire in the Borgo district of Rome near the Vatican. This room was prepared as a music room for Julius' successor, Leo X. The frescos depict events from the lives of Popes Leo III and Leo IV. The other paintings in the room are The Oath of Leo III, The Coronation of Charlemagne by Leo III, and The Battle of Ostia. Though the Fire in the Borgo was based on Raphael's mature designs it was executed by his assistants, who painted the other three paintings without his guidance. The Fire in the Borgo shows an event when a fire broke out in the Borgo in Rome in 847 and Pope Leo IV contained the fire with his benediction. In the foreground to the left a raging fire blazes and a middle-aged man is depicted carrying an old man and a young boy at their side. They are like Aneas and his Oddesy and represent the founding of Rome as Aneas founded ancient Rome, the Popes are founding new Rome.There is a lot of different architecture, in the background is the old St Peters

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