Strolling Through Rome: The Definitive Walking Guide to the Eternal City - Softcover

Mario Erasmo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780763514 ISBN 13: 9781780763514

Publisher: I.B.Tauris, 2015

Synopsis

How can one visit the monuments and sites of Rome and not feel overwhelmed? Strolling Through Rome guides visitors, first-time or returning, through the streets, museums, piazze, and parks of the Eternal City. A guidebook that acts as a companion rather than an obtrusive guide, Erasmo's walking tours are literal strolls through history and often retrace the exact steps taken by ancient Romans, early Christians, Medieval Pilgrims, Renaissance Artists and Architects, and Northern Europeans on the Grand Tour.
 
Visitors and readers will be given a cultural history of Rome that contextualizes the history, art, and architecture of various periods of the City within a single book. This informative and lively book incorporates the latest archaeological and architectural research and is essential for anyone intending to explore the extraordinary sights and fascinating secrets of one of Europe's most beguiling cities.

About this title

About the Author:

Mario Erasmo is Professor of Classics at the University of Georgia. He specialises in the Legacy of Classical Antiquity and leads art and garden tours in Europe retracing the travels of the Grand Tour. He is the author of Death: Antiquity and its Legacy (I.B.Tauris) and Reading Death in Ancient Rome.

Review:

'comprehensive...encyclopaedic in its knowledge and full of enthusiasm for its subject...completing these walks would be deeply satisfying.' - The Lady; '[Erasmo] successfully brings Rome's rich and varied history to life as he guides you through Italy's Capital. Art, architecture urban life and a sense of 'being' are combined in this essential read.' - Italia!

About this edition

• Publisher: I.B.Tauris
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1780763514
• ISBN 13: 9781780763514
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368