COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 29 - Capitolium
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
This image depicts a large set of buildings that were on the top of the Capitoline Hill. The Capitolium was named for the Hill it resides on. It was named the Capitoline Hill when a human skull (caput) was found while excavating for the foundation of the Temple of Jupiter. The Capitolium was one of three major areas of the hill, along with the Arx and Tarpeius. The temples that were once here have been replaced with museums.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages, with the page title in Italian: Capitolio Volgarmente Campidoglio.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Temples, Roman.
Subject:
Capitoline Hill (Italy) -- Pictorial works.
Subject:
Capitolium.
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
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.
