The architecture lover's guide to Rome /
Heath, Elizabeth F.,author.
Puhl, Liz,cartographer.
Includes index.
Introduction: the Portico of Octavia as parable : architecture and complexity in Rome -- Romulus puts down roots : the Palatine Hill and the Romulan Hut -- From Kingdom to Republic : the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus & the temples of Portunus & Hercules Victor -- From brick to marble : early Imperial ambitions at the Basilica Julia, Nero's Domus Aurea, and the Colosseum -- The Apex of Empire : Trajan's Markets, the Pantheon, and the Baths of Caracalla -- Christianity takes hold : Old St Peter's Basilica, Santa Sabina And San Saba -- The Middle Ages : the Basilicas of Santa Maria in Trastevere, San Clemente & San Nicola in Carcere -- Renaissance Rome : Santa Maria del Popolo, Palazzo Farnese, Villa Medici -- Birthplace of the Baroque : Piazza Barberini, Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza & St Peter's Basilica -- Neoclassical eclecticism : St John in Lateran, Palazzo Braschi & the Vittorio Emanuele monument -- Fascism & Mussolini's Third Roman Empire : Foro Italico, Palazzo della Farnesina, Termini Station -- Contemporary architecture in Rome : Auditorium Parco della Musica, the Ara Pacis Museum and MAXXI Museum of 21st Century Arts.
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