Roma con li forti

Document type
Map
Archive
Collection of Fredrika and Paul Jacobs
Overall dimensions
Sheet size: 34.8 x 46.5 cm
Author
Sebastiano de Re
Date
1557
Medium
Etching and engraving
Language of document
Latin
Places
Altemps Palace at Monte Cavallo; Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio); Church of Santa Maria Maggiore; Church of Santa Maria Rotonda (Pantheon); Piazza Colonna; Roman Forum (Campo Vaccino); Vatican (Apostolic) Palace
Summary
Titled Roma con li forti and dated 1557 in a cartouche, this map shows the new walls built by Pope Paul IV. This impression represents the first state of the plate, before additional text was added for later printings.

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