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"When all of Rome was under construction" : the building process in baroque Rome /

"Analyzes the politics and economics of architecture and the building process in seventeenth-century Rome. Explores topics ranging from the financing of construction to the availability of materials and personnel"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Habel, Dorothy Metzger, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
Series:Rome perspectives.
Subjects:
Plazas > Italy > Rome > Design and construction > History > 17th century.
City planning > Italy > Rome > History > 17th century.
Architecture and state > Italy > Rome > History > 17th century.
Piazza Colonna (Rome, Italy) > History > 17th century.
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City) > History > 17th century.
Alexander > VII, > Pope, > 1599-1667.
Table of Contents:
  • The urban redevelopment of Piazza Colonna I : "senza spesa ne aggravare alcuno"
  • The urban redevelopment of Piazza Colonna II : "il negotio restava aggiustato"
  • The repercussions of building Piazza S. Pietro : "in tempo che tutta Roma era in fabrica"
  • Lorenzo Pizzatti and his "Roza riforma" : a pavonazzo speaks up "tutto per ben publico."