Timeless Cities
Subtitle: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy (Icon Editions)
Edition: Icon Ed edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: September 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780813365923
Subjects: Architectural structure & design; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Cultural studies; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Renaissance art; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; Italy; Renaissance Architecture; Urban Architecture; Architecture; Travel; Criticism; International Architecture - European; General; History - General; Architecture, Renaissance
First sentence: Aeneas, refugee from Troy and mythical pater of the Roman people, founded his first Latin city, Alba Longa, on the site of the current Albano Laziale in the hills above Rome.