// For Alberti, architecture appears to have been an eminently political activity, since he considered architects to be the providers and safe-keapers of culture, who could offer a civic community ("civitas") security and protection, thus creating the conditions for social and intellectual progress. //
[ Evers, B., Thoenes, C., Architectural Theory: From the Renaissance to the Present, Taschen, 2006. / p.12, Biermann, V., Leon Battista Alberti ]