La distruzione dell'antica Roma. Lo scempio dei monumenti nel corso dei secoli

Synopsis of La distruzione dell'antica Roma. Lo scempio dei monumenti nel corso dei secoli

«La distruzione dell'antica Roma. Lo scempio dei monumenti nel corso dei secoli» is the historical essay by Rodolfo Lanciani (Intra Moenia, paperback).

The book starts from the contrast between today's Rome, of exposed brick, and the imperial city covered in white marble. Over the centuries, statues and buildings were looted, reused in new constructions or reduced to lime. Lanciani, an archaeologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, reconstructs that plunder and conveys the loss of a monumental heritage largely dispersed.

The original work appeared in 1899; this Italian edition of 2014 has 208 pages.

For those interested in the history of Rome, archaeology and the conservation of artistic heritage.