Page "Pope Innocent VIII" Paragraph 12

In Rome he built for summer use the Belvedere of the Vatican, on an unarticulated slope above the Vatican Palace, which his successor would turn into the Cortile del Belvedere.

In season, he hunted at Castello della Magliana, which he enlarged.

Invariably short of money, he institutionalized simony at the papal court, creating new titles of offices that were discreetly auctioned.