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By : Pamela O. Long
Book Synopsis :
Between the catastrophic flood of the Tiber River in 1557 and the death of the ?engineering pope? Sixtus V in 1590, the city of Rome was transformed by intense activity involving building construction and engineering projects of all kinds. Using hundreds of archival documents and primary sources, Engineering the Eternal City explores the processes and people involved in these infrastructure projects?sewers, bridge repair, flood prevention, aqueduct construction, the building of new, straight streets, and even the relocation of immensely heavy ancient Egyptian obelisks that Roman emperors had carried to the city centuries before. ? This portrait of an early modern Rome examines the many conflicts, failures, and successes that shaped the city, as decision-makers tried to control not only Rome?s structures and infrastructures but also the people who lived there. Taking up visual images of the city created during the same period?most importantly in maps and urban representations, this .
Book Detail :
Tittle : Engineering the Eternal City: Infrastructure, Topography, and the Culture of Knowledge in Late Sixteenth-Century Rome
Author : Pamela O. Long
Pages : 368 pages
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 022659128X
ISBN-13 : 9780226591285
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