COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 46 - Templum Solis In Monte Quirinali (Nunc Sunt Vestigia In Viridario Columnesium)
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
Temple of the Sun on the Quirinal Hill. The Temple of the Sun was built by Aurelian. It was designed to bring Eastern architecture styles combining magnificence with public utility. It was a very large structure on the side of the hill with great steps up to the temple. It began to be dismantled early on, with some of the pillars possibly boing into the decoration of Santa Sophia. By the 16th century it was a ruins. Part of the pediment was in the Colonna gardens.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page title in Italian: Tempio del Sole
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Temples, Roman.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Temple of the Sun.
Subject:
Aurelian, Emperor of Rome, approximately 215-275.
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.