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The buildings of Rome: their history, style, preservation and presentation to the public.

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• Architecture of Rome

  http://www.greatbuildings.com/places/rome.html
  Buildings of Rome in the Great Buildings Online database: images, descriptions and sources.

• Baroque Rome in the Etchings of Giuseppe Vasi

  http://romeartlover.tripod.com/
  Vasi published 10 books of etchings of the monuments of Rome (1746-61), which can be seen here alongside photographs of the same locations today.

• Capitolium

  http://www.capitolium.org/
  Official website of the archaeological site of the Imperial Forums. Includes maps, a virtual tour, and information on life in ancient Rome.

• Encyclopaedia Romana

  http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/
  James Grout's collection of articles, plans and pictures of ancient Rome and its remains, with a bibliography. Includes Vitruvius's comments on temple architecture.

• Images of Rome

  http://www2.siba.fi/~kkoskim/rooma/pages/
  Kalervo Koskimies presents his own clear photographs, together with 18th and 19th century images, of the Classical and later monuments of the city.

• Margaret Visser: The Geometry of Love

  http://www.margaretvisser.com/
  A book exploring the basilican church of Sant Agnese fuori le Mura, Rome, rebuilt 625-38 to replace a 4th-century church. Author's biography, reviews, images with extracts.

• Passing Through St. Peter's

  http://www.ewtn.com/gallery/sp/sp1.htm
  A gallery of beautiful images of the central cathedral of the Catholic faith provided by Eternal Word Television Network.

• Rome the Eternal City

  http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/2.html
  Digital photos and descriptions of major monuments by René Seindal.

• The Churches of Rome

  http://romanchurches.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
  Chris Nyborg's guide to churches of all denominations in this city central to the development of church architecture. Includes biographies of their architects and artists.

• Villa Aldobrandini

  http://www.paulahowarth.com/villa/
  Paula J. Howarth tells the story of this villa built on the Quirinal hill at the beginning of the 17th century by Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, with bibliography.

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