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Item Number: 134447
Title: Aurea Roma : La storia urbanistica di Roma attraverso le Medaglie Papali
Author: Alteri, Giancarlo
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788824013345
Description: Citta del Vaticano-Roma: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 2014. 35cm., pbk., 428pp. illus. Summary: This volume presents the urban history of Rome through the papal architectural medals kept at the Vatican Medagliere. It has been published in co-edition with the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. After a brief introduction on the main monuments of Rome built starting from Augustus up to Martin V, the author leads the reader to the discovery of the city monuments the Roman pontiffs, from Paul II to Pius IX, wanted to eternalize on the metal flan, through anecdotes and legends, historical and technical information. The volume contains a rich photographic apparatus: the medals, the prints, the paintings and the drawings reveal the unreachable beauty of the Eternal City.
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