COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 103 - Castrum S. Angeli
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
The Castle St. Angelo was originally designed by architect Demitriano to be a mausoleum for Emperor Hadrian and was completed in 129 AD. It functioned as a mausoleum for a number of years.
Description:
The verso of this leaf is blank.
Description:
The building was converted to a military fortress in around 271 AD by Emperor Aurelian when he began to fortify the city by building a wall. The image shown here is with a fireworks display. Fireworks became popular in Europe during the 16th century.
Description:
This image is dated 1624 in the upper right corner.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Mausoleums -- Italy -- History.
Subject:
Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138.
Subject:
Aurelian, Emperor of Rome, 215-275.
Subject:
Fortifications -- Italy -- Rome.
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Date: Created:
1624
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
