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The Other Rome: Building the Modern Metropolis 1870-1960
Hardcover
General ArchitectureArchitecture HistoryRegional Architecture
Publisher Price: $60.00
ISBN13: 9783035625363
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: Oct 31 2025
Pages: 368
Weight: 3.90
Height: 1.30 Width: 8.90 Depth: 11.30
Language: English
Eternal City, is a unique palimpsest dating back to Antiquity.
However, beyond the historic center built over millennia on the famous seven
hills - another Rome exists, one of large and often stunning modern
neighborhoods, housing estates, schools, and public buildings. When Rome became
exceeded its boundaries since Roman times, the Aurelian Walls. This
extraordinary transformation laid the foundation for many new quarters built to
accommodate civil servants and rural migrants, drawing on vernacular and
ancient Roman traditions and blending past and present. This book looks at
Rome's evolution and architecture from the 19th century onwards, embodying a
kind of Splendid Ordinary - a journey that is full of discoveries.
- With
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in-depth portraits of 16 neighborhoods with photographs and drawings - An
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