GBB-F-008159-0000 1181 AC, ROMA, ITALY: The Pope ALESSANDRO III (1100 ca 1181), 170 th Pope from 1159 to 1181 his death. Born Rolando Bandinelli in Siena, Tuscany.Through the Papal bull Manifestis Probatum, issued on 23 May 1179, he recognized the right of Afonso I to proclaim himself King of Portugal, thus recognizing Portugal as an independent and sovereign Kingdom. He also laid the foundation stone for the Notre-Dame de Paris. Portrait printed in USA in XX century, 1910, also pubblished in book" The Lives and Times of the Popes" by Chevalier Artaud de Montor, New York, 1911 Credit: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari WARNING: Permission must be required for non editorial use. Please contact Alinari Archives Collection: © ARCHIVIO GBB / Archivi Alinari Object type: digital image Photographic technique: P digital image Technical info Image sizes (pixel): 4767 X 6732 Image sizes (cm at 300 dpi): 40 X 56 Image sizes (MB): 6.88 Color space: RGB