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Subterranean Rome (2000)

por Ivana Della Portella

Otros autores: Francesco Rutelli (Prólogo), Mark Edward Smith (Fotógrafo)

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""Beneath the pavements of monumental Rome, the Rome of the imperial Fora and the great basilicas, lies another Rome, secret and less flamboyant, where everyday buildings open up to reveal unsuspected treasures of art and history. This is subterranean Rome. Though perhaps somewhat less magnificent or picturesque than the city above ground, it is equally - or even more - evocative and fascinating. Like a kind of Atlantis, buried beneath its centuries-old covering, its gardens, temples, baths and nympheums tell us a story of ancient times, made up of light and life, but also of shadows, persecution and death. Here we find the mysterious temples dedicated to the cult of the god Mithras that seem to bring alive the magical atmosphere of initiation and sacrifice. Here too are nympheums, places of pleasure and physical and spiritual refreshment; columbaria with their astonishing funerary architecture; hypogeums and underground passages that still preserve precious works of art beneath churches, palaces, and even in the basements of unpromising-looking houses. However, subterranean Rome does not consist only of mysterious and sacred places, for we also find urban and secular structures like the quarters of the Seventh Cohort of Guards, or the famous Golden House, the Domus Aurea. With evocative photographs - several published here for the first time - this book reveals the hidden world of subterranean Rome, guides us through the most fascinating sites, in many cases previously unvisited, and frequently difficult of access. It represents a journey in time that explores the most ancient roots of western culture."--Jacket.… (más)
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I've always been fascinated by what lies under the cities .....the hidden history and this is certainly the case in Rome which is build on the successive ruins of earlier structures. This book investigates the buildings that lie beneath the surface: tombs, chapels, Mithraic rites caves, temples, churches etc. What amazed me was the powerful vaults that hold up the roofs. I guess, only the powerful vaults are still standing and holding up the structures above. Weaker vaults would have collapsed and there would be nothing to show underground except broken rubble.
But the book is a bit repetitive; a little boring, doesn't really grab the imagination and although the photographs are fine it's not a book I especially want to keep or would refer back to. The section on the Mithraic rites was interesting. And there were a few other interesting insights but overall I only rate it two stars. ( )
  booktsunami | Oct 9, 2019 |
Al di sotto del livello stradale esiste a Roma un patrimonio inestimabile e ancora poco conosciuto fatto di storia, di arte, di memoria della vita quotidiana antica. ( )
  BiblioLorenzoLodi | Jan 30, 2013 |
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""Beneath the pavements of monumental Rome, the Rome of the imperial Fora and the great basilicas, lies another Rome, secret and less flamboyant, where everyday buildings open up to reveal unsuspected treasures of art and history. This is subterranean Rome. Though perhaps somewhat less magnificent or picturesque than the city above ground, it is equally - or even more - evocative and fascinating. Like a kind of Atlantis, buried beneath its centuries-old covering, its gardens, temples, baths and nympheums tell us a story of ancient times, made up of light and life, but also of shadows, persecution and death. Here we find the mysterious temples dedicated to the cult of the god Mithras that seem to bring alive the magical atmosphere of initiation and sacrifice. Here too are nympheums, places of pleasure and physical and spiritual refreshment; columbaria with their astonishing funerary architecture; hypogeums and underground passages that still preserve precious works of art beneath churches, palaces, and even in the basements of unpromising-looking houses. However, subterranean Rome does not consist only of mysterious and sacred places, for we also find urban and secular structures like the quarters of the Seventh Cohort of Guards, or the famous Golden House, the Domus Aurea. With evocative photographs - several published here for the first time - this book reveals the hidden world of subterranean Rome, guides us through the most fascinating sites, in many cases previously unvisited, and frequently difficult of access. It represents a journey in time that explores the most ancient roots of western culture."--Jacket.

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