Urbis Romae, totius olim orbis domitricis

Document type
Map
Archive
Collection of Fredrika and Paul Jacobs
Overall dimensions
Sheet size: 57.2 x 44.5 cm
Author
Pirro Ligorio
Medium
Etching and engraving
Publisher
Antonio Lafreri
Language of document
Latin
Places
Altemps Palace at Monte Cavallo; Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio); Church of San Luca; Church of San Pietro in Carcere; Church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria; Church of Santa Maria del Popolo; Church of Santa Maria dell'Orto; Church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli; Church of Santa Maria Maggiore; Church of Santa Maria Rotonda (Pantheon); Church of Santa Martina; Hospital of Santo Spirito; Piazza Colonna; Piazza della Minerva; Piazza Navona; Roman Forum (Campo Vaccino); Savelli Palace; Trinita dei Monti; Vatican (Apostolic) Palace
Summary
Titled in full Urbis Romae, totius olim orbis domitricis, situs: cum adhuc extantibus, sacrosanctae vetustatis monumentis, this map bears the inscription PIRRHO LIGORIO NEAP. INVENTOR. Pirro Ligorio's topographical map was originally published in 1552 and was the first of its kind, inspiring later plans of Rome like those by Étienne Dupérac. This map was among the prints published in the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae by Antonio Lafreri in the 1570s. This example represents an early state of Ligorio's map of the ancient city of Rome. 

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