The Roman Forum /
"There can be few more historic places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and Mussolini rode by it in triumph. Napoleon celebrated his Festival of Liberty there. David Watkin's Forum is the site as it was famous for centuries, celebrated in the romantic views of the Grand T...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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Colección: | Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Life in the Forum in antiquity
- Visiting the ancient buildings with Piranesi
- What Piranesi does not show
- Churches in the Forum
- From the Renaissance to the Grand Tour
- From Byron to King Victor Emmanuel
- From Mussolini and Hitler to holes in the ground
- Making a visit.