Rome Collection (#67)

Saint Peter - Bronze Statue - St Peters Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy by Arnolfo di Cambio (c. 1240c. 1310), an Italian architect and sculptor. Date: circa 1910s

St Peters Square, Rome
Saint Peters Square (Piazza San Pietro) is located directly in front of St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City. Date: circa 1910s

Appian Way - Rome - Sheep herded along the road
A group of shepherds drive a large flock of sheep along the route of the Appian Way on the outskirts of Rome. The remains of the main Roman Aqueduct can be seen in the distance. Date: circa 1910s

Italian Shepheard - close to Rome
Italian Shepherd with his flock on a farm near Rome. Note the distinctive form of the hayricks, each ending in a pointed dome with a pole in the top. Date: circa 1910s

Countryside outside Rome - Cattle Date: circa 1910

Parade of sacrificial animals
The parade of the traditional holy sacrificial animals: a ram, a bull and a pig as depicted on a carving in the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910

The Castel Sant Angelo, Rome
The Castel Sant Angelo, Ponte Sant Angelo (Pons Aelius) and River Tiber in Rome. The elaborate tomb built by Emperor Hadrian for himself and his successors

Flower Sellers - Rome - Piazza di Spagna

The Arch of Emperor Septimus Severus, Rome, Italy Date: circa 1910

Church at Malatygze
The Catholic church of saint Stanislaw at Malatyczach. Any resemblance to St Peters at Rome is almost certainly intentional. Date: circa 1850

Interior of St. Peters, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Interior of St. Peter s, Vatican City, Rome, Italy

The Basilica of St. Paul, Rome - The Cloisters Date: circa 1910

Saint Sabina at the Aventine, Rome, Italy

Caffarella Park - St. Sebastia Gate, Rome
Italy - Lazio Region - Rome - Caffarella Park - St. Sebastia, Rome Date: circa 1910

Part of the Inscription from the True Cross
Reliquary containing part of the Inscription from the True Cross - from Santa Croce (Church of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem) in Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Italy - Rome - Arco Degli Argentari
Arco Degli Argentari - (The Arcus Argentariorum) (Latin, Arch of the money-changers ) - a 3rd century AD arch that was partly incorporated in the 7th century into the western wall of the nearby

Italy - Rome - Tiber Island or Isola Tiberina, connected to the mainland by means of two ancient roman bridges. On the western side

She-wolf suckles the boys Romulus and Remus
Italy, Tuscany, Siena: A she-wolf suckles the boys Romulus and Remus - the founders of Rome. Date: 2010

Polish Hq in Rome
Polish general Karl Kniaziewicz establishes the HQ of the Polish Legion in the Capitol. Officially in the Italian army, they fought for France against Russia. Date: 3 May 1798

Italy Rome Castel
formerly the Mausoleum of Hadrian : seen across the Tiber, where a hopeful fisherman is trying his luck. Date: 1890s

The King Opens the Olympic Games, 1908
Illustration by W. Hatherell showing Edward VII with Queen Alexandra at the opening of the 1908 Olympic Games in London. Rome had originally been selected to host the 1908 Olympics

Forum Romanum, Rome

Italy - Rome - Tunnel
Road tunnel in the centre of Rome, Italy Date: circa 1910

Tarpeian Rock

Capitolium

Severus Sepulchre / C1760
Ruins of the SEPULCHRE OF SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, built in the 3rd century AD between Palatine Hill and Caelian Hill in Rome. Date: Circa 1760

Obelisk in Rome
The ancient Egyptian obelisk which Emperor Caligula had brought from Heliopolis in 37 A.D. which now stands between the double colonnade in St. Peters Square, Rome. Date: 1930s

Raffaellos Remains
The remains of RAFFAELLE SANZIO are discovered in the Pantheon, Rome. His skull will henceforth be displayed in the accademia di san Luco. Date: 1520+

Rome / The Vatican
The Dome of St. Peters and the Vatican, Rome, Italy, with the ancient Egyptian obelisk which Emperor Caligula had brought from Heliopolis in 37 A.D. Date: 1930s

Rome / St. Peters Square
St. Peters Square, Rome, Italy, with the Dome of St. Peters (Vatican) behind and the ancient Egyptian obelisk which Emperor Caligula had brought from Heliopolis in Date: 1930s

Building Vatican Railway
Tunnelling works at Vatican City, Rome, Italy, to connect the area with the Italian State Railway. Date: 1929

Rome / Marcellus Theatre
Reconstruction of the theatre built by Augustus as a memorial of Marcellus, his sisters son in the first century BC. Date: Circa 1760

Robert Adam Architecture
In 1774, Robert Adam completed the Adelphi development, created after 2 years abroad in Rome. No 7 Adam Street has well preserved Anthemion pilasters. Date: 1770s

Flaminian Obelisk
The Flaminian Obelisk (Obelisco Flaminio), Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy, which originally stood in the Sun Temple at Heliopolis, the capital of ancient Egypt. Date: 1930s

Virginia Waters Temple
The ruins of a Roman temple at Virginia Waters, Surrey, England. About 2000 years old, originally built at Leptis Magna, Libya. Garden feature for the Prince Regent, 1826. Date: 1950s

Priests Playing Football
A group of young Italian priests playing a game of football, Rome, Italy. Date: 1930s

Diocletians Palace
The peristyle of Diocletians Palace, at Split (Spalatum) Croatia (former Yugoslavia). Roman Emperor Diocletian had this massive palace built after his abdication 305 A.D. Date: 1930s

Priests Studying Globe
A group of young Italian priests studying a globe during a Geography lesson, Rome, Italy. Date: 1930s

Science Verus Religion
A group of Italian priests making astronomical observations through a telescope at the Torre Metrologica, Rome, Italy. Date: 1930s

Rome - Appian Way and Tomb of Caecilia Metella
Tomb of Caecilia Metella - an ancient Roman tomb on Romes Via Appia (Appian Way). The structure became a headquarters of papal-endorsed highway robbery in the Middle Ages!

Italian declaration of war, Rome, Italy, WW1
A huge crowd outside the Royal Palace (Quirinal Palace, Rome), cheering the Queen of Italy and the Princess on the day Italy declared war

Inauguration of King Victor Emmanuel monument
Inauguration day for the Victor Emmanuel monument, known as Il Vittoriano, in Rome. The first stone of the enormous architectural marble monument to, Victor Emmanuel II

Romans fight the Sabines
Marginal drawings depicting combat between the Romans and the Sabines. 1543

Fight between Romulus and Mettius Curtius
Page of text with marginal drawing showing a horseman outside Rome, and a fight between the horseman and another figure. The horse has collapsed under its rider

Italian Pifferari, 1850
Roman piffarari perform by a wayside shine, 1850. Date: 1850

Monk or priest singing
Marginal drawing of what appears to be a priest or a monk singing with a book in his hand. 1543

View of Rome
An imaginary view of Rome in a marginal drawing. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Romulus and Remus being suckled by Lupa
Detail from a page of text, showing a marginal drawing of Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she wolf Lupa. 1543

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