Caption
Stairs to the Senators Palace on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy, Campidoglio. Palazzo Senatorio ora Comunale (Disegno di Michelangiolo), Roma, photograph, number: 'Po. Io. No. 5961.', photographer: Fratelli Alinari, Rome, 1852 - 1900, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, albumendruk, height 106 mm x width 139 mm, height 168 mm x width 223 mm, tower, clock tower, monumental adornment, staircase, Capitol, A wide stone staircase flanked by low balustrades leads upward between landscaped terraces with trimmed bushes and trees; sculpted lion figures sit atop square pedestals at the base of the approach and larger classical statues of human figures with horses and drapery stand on raised plinths nearer the top; a grand neoclassical building with ornate windows, decorative reliefs, and a central tower with a round clock face rises behind the statues, with a formal doorway and sculpted oval panels visible on the façade; a row of lamp posts lines the walkway and a pair of side buildings with tall windows and cornices frame the scene, all captured in a sepia-toned photographic print.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A80_367
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