Main entry:

Maier, Jessica, author.

Title & Author:

The Eternal City : a history of Rome in maps / Jessica Maier.

Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
©2020

Description:

vii, 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Rome as idea and reality -- Further reading -- Chapter One: Rome takes shape -- Rome before Rome -- A walled city -- Urban districting -- Further reading -- Chapter Two: Rome of the Caesars -- Destination Rome -- An incomplete puzzle -- Making sense of the shattered past -- Filling in the gaps -- A model city -- Further reading -- Chapter Three: Rome of the Popes -- Sacred buildings and secular symbols -- The medieval cityscape -- Pathos and wonder -- Further reading -- Chapter Four: Rome reborn -- A city ready for its close-up -- The city seen through a wide-angle lens -- The city measured -- A panoramic view of urban revitalization -- Further reading -- Chapter Five: Rome of the scholars -- Archaeology in its infancy -- An ancient Roman theme park -- A ghostly fantasy -- Further reading -- Chapter Six: Rome of the saints and pilgrims -- The way of the faithful -- Scenes from a pilgrimage -- A pilgrimage map for the modern era -- Further reading -- Chapter Seven: Rome of the grand tourists -- Rome as theater -- The origins of the tourist plan -- Rome surveyed -- A panoramic vision -- Further reading -- Chapter Eight: Rome of the mass tourists -- The guidebook impresario's Rome -- Rome for a rather important woman traveler -- Rome in your pocket -- Rome for Italian tourists -- Further reading -- Chapter Nine: Rome enters the modern age -- 2,500 years in, a master plan for Rome -- When trams ruled Rome -- An Olympic city, and a new beginning -- Further reading -- Chapter Ten: Rome past, present, and future -- Rapid transit for a rapidly changing city -- A master plan for the third millennium : (un)sustainable Rome -- Further reading.

Summary:

"Rome may be renowned for individual sites like the Colosseum and St. Peter's Basilica, but its most captivating feature is its many overlapping-and surviving-layers of history. Over nearly 3,000 years, the Rome of the Caesars has given way to the Rome of the Popes, the Rome of the Grand Tourists, and several more incarnations down to the present. Along the way, it has also become perhaps the most frequently mapped city on the planet. This book is the first ever published to English to tell the story of Rome through its maps. Each chapter begins with a brief historical overview of one key era and features a selection of maps, details, digitizations, and other images-all produced in full color-that illuminate the themes of that era. From the city's first walls through its master plan for its third millennium, the Romes depicted in these maps all live on in the city that millions still visit and inhabit today"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780226591452 hardcover
022659145X hardcover
electronic book
9780226591599

Subject:

Cartography Italy Rome.
Cartographie Italie Rome.
HISTORY / Europe / Italy.
Cartography
Geography
Rome (Italy) Geography.
Rome (Italy) Maps.
Italy Rome

Form/genre:

Maps
Cartes géographiques.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308791
Call No.: BIB 254122
Status: Available