Scenes from a Roman century : 1914-2024 /

"Hollywood film stars, fascist assassins. Bombs on San Lorenzo, la dolce vita on Via Veneto. Baroque fountains, umbrella pines. Urban planning, unregulated house-building. After half a century living in Rome, David Lane turns his eye on events and streetscapes in the Eternal City over the past...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lane, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd., 2025.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: words about Rome
  • Part one. The fascist Ventennio 1924-1944
  • The killing of Giacomo Matteotti
  • Capital city for a modern empire
  • War in Rome
  • Part two. Post-fascism's Chiaroscuro decades 1945-2024
  • Hollywood on the Tiber
  • Into a new millennium
  • Visitors
  • Political terrorism from Left and Right
  • Afterword: steps across the past.