Title

'The Piazza del Popolo, Rome', Italy, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'The Piazza del Popolo, Rome', Italy, c1880. The Piazza del Popolo was laid out between 1811 and 1822 by Giuseppe Valadier. This view of the square shows the Ancient Egyptian obelisk, which dates from the reign of Rameses II, and the 'twin' churches of Santa Maria in Montesanto and Santa Maria dei Miracoli, built in 1662-1675 and 1675-1679 respectively.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C57_308

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,8Mb (9,5Mb) / 17,2in x 11,4in / 5169 x 3433 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior city Italy building buildings people square religious architecture country Egypt Rome lazio religion monument church color colour Egyptian dome Christianity cityscape Baroque obelisk piazza location century outside 17th century 19th century Ancient Egyptian nineteenth century Piazza del Popolo seventeenth century The Print Collector TGN engraving Unknown Baroque Era Santa Maria dei Miracoli Santa Maria in Montesanto engraving