Professor Mario Erasmo (USA University of Georgia)

Strolling Through Rome

The Definitive Walking Guide to the Eternal City

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A rich cultural history of Rome that brings its epic past alive, illuminating the extraordinary sights and fascinating secrets of one of Europe's most beguiling cities. Rome, the Eternal City - birthplace of western civilisation and soul of the ancient world - has a history that stretches back two thousand five hundred years. It is also one of the most-visited places in the world, but where does one begin to delve into two millennia of history, culture, art and architecture, whilst also navigating the vibrant modern city? Mario Erasmo guides the traveller through Rome's many layers of history, exploring the streets, museums, piazze, ruins and parks of this 'city of the soul'. Punctuated with anecdote, myth and legend, these unique walks often retrace the very steps taken by ancient Romans, early Christians, medieval pilgrims, Renaissance artists and aristocrats on the Grand Tour. Here is a rich cultural history of Rome that brings its epic past alive, illuminating the extraordinary sights and fascinating secrets of one of Europe's most beguiling cities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781788319744
• ISBN-10: 1788319745
• Artikelnr.: 55875209

Autorenporträt

Mario Erasmo is Professor of Classics at the University of Georgia, USA. He is the author of Death: Antiquity and Its Legacy (2012), Reading Death in Ancient Rome (2008) and Roman Tragedy: Theatre to Theatricality (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: The Eternal
City Rome in a Day The Vatican Renaissance Rome along the Tiber and the
Janiculum Hill Byantine and Medieval Rome in Trastevere and around the
Ghetto Capitoline Hill : Piazza del Campidoglio and Capitoline Museums
Ancient Rome: Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Colosseum and Imperial Fora
Piazza Venezia and Campo de Fiori Piazza Navona, Pantheon and the Trevi
Fountain Via del Corso and Piazza del Popolo Spanish Steps, Pincian Hill
and Villa Borghese Quirinal Hill and the Baroque Stazione Termini Area and
the Esquiline Hill The Lateran and Caelian Hill : Popes and Emperors Tombs
and Catacombs: Pyramid of Cestius and Via Appia Antica Ostia Antica and
Lido di Ostia Opening Hours of Monuments and Museums Glossary Index