A Literary Companion to Rome: Including Ten Walking ToursMacmillan, 15. maj 1995 - 278 sider Rome, the Eternal City; it is here, perhaps more than anywhere else, that the visitor is conscious of the echoes of antiquity. Artists, writers, historians, poets--all have included Rome in their travels; and their reactions--whether amazement, adulation, or surprise--have added to the city's allure. James, Isben, Dickens, Goethe, Woolf, and Wilde are among those who have written with passion about Rome, and through them we rediscover a city of grandeur and intimacy, as vibrant and sensual as ever. Arranged as a series of walks through the city, this book is both an illuminating guide for the visitor to Rome and a delight to read at home for those who love the city and want to enrich their knowledge of it. |
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First Walk From the Piazza Venezia to the Capitoline Hill and the Imperial Forums | 23 |
Second Walk The Forum Romanum the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine | 41 |
Third Walk From the Largo Argentina to the Ghetto and along the Tiber to the Aventine Hill | 65 |
Fourth Walk From the Basilica of S Paolo past the Pyramid and Protestant Cemetery to the Via Appia and the Catacombs | 85 |
Fifth Walk From the Stazione Termini to three major basilicas and the Baths of Caracalla | 105 |
Sixth Walk From the Piazza Venezia to the Piazza del Popolo the Piazza di Spagna and the Trevi Fountain | 125 |
Seventh Walk From the Piazza Venezia to the Pantheon and the Piazza Navona | 151 |
Eighth Walk From the Stazione Termini to the Borghese and Pincian Gardens | 171 |
Ninth Walk From the Largo Argentina through Trastevere to the Janiculum Hill | 193 |
Tenth Walk From the Tiber past the Castel Sant Angelo to the Vatican | 215 |
Notes | 238 |
| 254 | |
Acknowledgements | 263 |
| 265 | |
Almindelige termer og sætninger
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Side 3 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | A Literary Companion to Rome: Including Ten Walking Tours |
| Forfatter | John Varriano |
| Udgave | genoptrykt |
| Udgiver | Macmillan, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0312131127, 9780312131128 |
| Længde | 278 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |