Isbn: 9780131545915 - the companion guide to rome (companion guides) (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 6th. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 541 pages. Rome is a city with over 2,500 years of history, with buildings and art treasure s representative of much of that time; as Augustus Hare wrote, the fascination l ies in the discovery of `ancient cloister and sculptured fountain, of mouldering fresco and medieval tomb -of mosaic-crowned gateway and palm-shadowed garden -a nd the gradually acquired knowledge of the wondrous story which clings around ea ch of these ancient things'. Georgina Masson's book provides the perfect compani on to this voyage of discovery, including both the great sights - the Colosseum, the Forum, the Vatican Palace and many more -and the smaller corners of Rome's squares and streets; she guides the visitor equally skilfully though the maze of the Roman past. And she evokes the reactions of earlier travellers to Rome, who , like the author of the twelfth century pilgrims' guide to the marvels of the c ity, have been equally entranced by the city's classical monuments and its Chris tian heritage. Her book has long been recognised as a classic, and is now presen ted in a fully revised and updated edition.…

paperback. Zustand: Sehr gut. 542 Seiten Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition ( IJCT ) . fresh and clean copyy - content: The Capitol 2 The Forum 3 The Palatine 4 Piazza Venezia to Piazza Colonna 5 Piazza Montecitorio to the Tiber Island 6 S. Andrea della Valle to Palazzo Spada 7 Via Capodiferro to Via del Sudario 8 Piazza Argentina to Piazza Borghese 9 Piazza Borghese to Piazza di Pasquino 10 Piazza di Spagna to Villa Giulia 11 The Borghese Gallery to Via Vittorio Veneto 12 The Corso to Palazzo Barberini 13 Piazza dell' Esedra to S. Agnese fuori le Mura 14 S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura to S. Giovanni in Laterano 15 The Golden House of Nero to S. Prassede 16 S. Clemente to the Basilica of Maxentius 17 The Colosseum to the Market and Forum of Trajan 18 Piazza di Porta Capena to S. Sebastiano 19 S. Sebastiano, the Catacombs and the Old Appian Way 20 Via del Foro Olitorio to S. Prisca and S. Saba 21 The Pyramid of Cestius to the Tre Fontane 22 Trastevere and the Janiculum 23 Trastevere and the Janiculum (continued) 24 The Vatican Palace and Museum 25 The Borgo and St Peter's 26 Museo delle Terme in the Baths of Diocletian ISBN 9780131545915 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 4499.…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.