"When all of Rome was under construction" :

Habel, Dorothy Metzger, 1950-

"When all of Rome was under construction" : the building process in Baroque Rome / Dorothy Metzger Habel. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2013. - 232 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 27 cm. - Rome perspectives. .

Includes bibliographical references (p.[211]-223) and index.

The urban redevelopment of Piazza Colonna I : "senza spesa ne aggravare alcuno" -- The urban redevelopment of Piazza Colonna II : "il negotio restava aggiustato" -- The repercussions of building Piazza S. Pietro : "in tempo che tutta Roma era in fabrica" -- Lorenzo Pizzatti and his "Roza riforma" : a pavonazzo speaks up "tutto per ben publico."

"Analyzes the politics and economics of architecture and the building process in seventeenth-century Rome. Explores topics ranging from the financing of construction to the availability of materials and personnel"--Provided by publisher.

9780271055732 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271055731 (cloth : alk. paper)

2012037265


Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667.


Plazas--Design and construction--History--Italy--Rome--17th century.
City planning--History--Italy--Rome--17th century.
Architecture and state--History--Italy--Rome--17th century.


Piazza Colonna (Rome, Italy)--History--17th century.
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City)--History--17th century.

NA 9070 / .H33 2013

711/.4094563209032