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How often does a visitor to Rome drift towards some landmark - the palazzo Barberini, say, or piazza Colonna - and wonder who created it? Why? What was their story? This fascinating book provides the answer. At once a history and a guide, sumptuous and authoritative, it divides Rome into the districts dominated by the noble clans who in turn became fabulously rich when one of their members was made Pope: the Cenci, Colonna, della Rovere, Farnese, Borghese, Barberini and others. In each case Anthony Majanlahti tells the family story - powerful, bloody and vivid - with all the scandals and intrigues and scrabbling for power, the building of palazzi and piazza and churches, as well as relationships with artists like Bernini and Michelangelo. An itinerary with maps and engravings then allows readers to walk round the area, with a detailed guide to buildings, streets, gardens and special features. The Roman aristocracy, turbulent and ambitious, placed their stamp on the city. Nobles, whether blowing up buildings with fireworks to make piazzas, or designing fountains to denote their bountiful wealth, created the dazzling splendour we see today. No other guide describes the development of Rome in this way: this book is completely new, including colourful material from old diaries and journals. As we stroll through Rome's history - either literally or in the imagination - we discover it afresh. Famous sites like the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps and even St Peter's itself take on new significance as we watch the city rise from cramped medieval streets to become a glorious Renaissance and baroque panorama of piazzas and palaces, fountains and towers and domes. And always, in the background stand the ruins of the classical Imperial city, at once a model and a warning. Little 'intermezzi' fill in the background to each period, and the whole story runs on into the Rome of today, where remnants of these families still live -in gilded splendour, or squalour.
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"[An] intriguing and original book...even the armchair tourist can benefit" (Tim Blanning Sunday Telegraph)
"Elegant and informative...an entertaining mix of travelogue and history...we flit agreeably through the chequered history of the papacy" (Charles Nicholl Sunday Times)
"Anthony Majanlahti wears his scholarship lightly and tempers his enthusiasm with humour; he has a thousand tales to tell... Enormously entertaining" (Times Literary Supplement)
"Marvellous... For anyone interested in delving further into one of the world's most beautiful and extraordinary cities, this is essential reading" (Tablet)
"Fascinating... A fine account of a decadent age and place" (RA Magazine)
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A unique, vividly readable guide to Rome linked to the histories of the noble families who created the city, with 40 maps and 60 illustrations.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0701176873
- ISBN 13 9780701176877
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages418
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