Rome Collection (page 71)

French Take Rome - 6
The French may have re-taken Rome for the pope, but they are very unpopular in the city - a French visitor is set upon by patriotic citizens and their no less patriotic dog

French Take Rome - 5
The Capitol is illuminated in honour of the glorious restoration of Rome to papal authority after the defeat of the republicans by the French

French Take Rome - 3
After taking Rome from Garibaldis Republicans, the French commander general Oudinot replaces the papal arms and addresses the people

French Take Rome - 2
The French enter Rome by the Porta Cavellegiere

Vatican Aerial View
An aerial photograph showing St. Peters Cathedral, the Vatican Palace and its gardens and the railway which leads through a gate of the wall into Vaticans city, Rome

Dinner at the Grand Hotel de Quirinal, Rome
Dinner at the fashionable Grand Hotel de Quirinal in Rome in 1899

Roman Legion
The Roman Legion returns with drums beating to Rome, after taking Velletri

Papal Palace Attacked
The Papal Palace at Rome is attacked by Republicans

French Leave Marseille
French reinforcements embark from Marseille for a renewed attack on Garibaldis Republicans at Rome

Garibaldi at Rome
Garibaldi defends Rome against the first French attack

French Attack Rome
The French army under Oudinot attacks Rome via the Porta Pancrazia

Pius IX Retires
Alarmed by the Republican triumph in Rome, pope Pius IX retires to Gaeta

Oudinot Outside Rome
Oudinot, the French commander, with his staff, preparing for a fresh attack on Garibaldis republicans who currently hold Rome

Rioting in Rome
Angered by Pius IXs encyclical, Roman liberals demonstrate outside the popes palace

Roman Parliament
The populace of Rome watch in amazement as the first Roman Parliament opens

Garibaldis Hq
Garibaldis headquarters in the convent of San Silvestri, Rome

French March to Rome
French reinforcements march through Italy for a renewed attack on Garibaldis Republicans at Rome

Roman Banquet / Winter
A Roman soldier, on guard duty on a cold winters day, watches as festive fare is carried to the banqueting hall

Trajans Column / Rome
Trajans Column in Trajans Forum, Rome

ROMEs CATACOMBS / C. 1870
The entrance to the catacombs of Saint Pretextat, Rome

Mamertine Prison / Rome
The prison in which Saint Peter was confined

Rome / Catacombs / 1872
Exploring the cubiculum of Saint Cornelius, in the catacombs of St Calixtus

Appian Way / Rome
The Appian Way stretching away from Rome and the Aqueduct of Claudius in the background. Date: circa 1890

Rome Centenary - 2
The church bells of Romes many churches ring out to salute the 26th centenary of the founding of their city by Romulus and Remus

Pius IX Reforms
In his proclamation motu proprio the new pope Pius IX announces reforms in Rome and other concessions to liberalism

Insurrection in Rome
Roman liberals attempt a revolution : fighting in the Piazza Colonna

Marius in Carthage
Exiled by Sulla, the former Roman military commander Caius Marius sits in despair among the ruins of the great city of Carthage

Caius Marius & Cimbri
Not realising that the Romans have already defeated their allies, the Teutones, the Germanic tribe the Cimbri, demand land from Caius Marius and for the Teutones too

Coriolanus & Women
Coriolanus, the Roman hero who fell from grace by leading his enemies against Rome, is begged by his mother, wife and the women of Rome, to withdraw his Volscian army, which he does

Rome, Saint Peter s
The Silver Trumpets. is played at St Peters Rome, though not by this angelic quintet

Papal Jubilee Leo XII
Leo XII, a pope of notoriously reactionary views, hosts a Papal Jubilee in Rome : crowds and tourists throng the piazza of St Peter s

St Roch as a Pilgrim
(Rocco, Roque) - He goes as a pilgrim to Rome, where he is infected while caring for plague victims; he recovers and goes on to perform many healing miracles

French Council of War
Concerned by their defeats by the Imperial army, the French under the Connetable de Bourbon hold a council of war outside Rome

Germans in Rome
Exhilarated by their victories in Italy, the Germans plunder Rome

Polish Embassy
A Polish embassy arrives in Rome, some of them in very fancy dress

Vatican Palace / Rome / C17
The Papal Palace and grounds of the Vatican, showing the new gateway built in 1618, the Library, the Old and New Palaces, courtyards and long passageway. Date: 17th century

Sistine Chapel / Vatican
The interior of the spectacular Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Rome. The ceiling and walls are covered in full colour frescos by Michelangelo

Crypt of S. Cornelio / Rome
Visitors are shown the tombs in the crypt of San Callisto Church near the Via Appia

Friedrich I
Rome send ambassadors to emperor Friedrich I

Waldenses to Piedmont
Sometimes tolerated, sometimes persecuted, the Waldenses - deemed heretics by Rome - take refuge in Piedmont

Key Buildings 1850 / World
A comparative view of the principle buildings of the World in 1850 including the High Level Bridge - St Peters Rome - The Great Pyramid - The Porcelain Pagoda in Nanjing

Roman Triclinium
Informally dressed Romans dining in their triclinium. Musicians perform while a servant makes sure the wine doesn t give out

Poplicola (500Bc)
PUBLIUS VALERIUS POPLICOLA Legendary character written about by Plutarch. Given the name honorary name Publicola for reconciling the Romans and the Sabines

Hercules Statue / Rome
A colossal bronze statue of Hercules found beneath the Campo dei Fiori in Rome is raised by a complex dual block-and-tackle system

Palatine Library, Rome
Interior of the Palatine Library, Rome

Papal Jubilee / Milcha
He grants to the Milcha the commission of guards to the Santa Porta of St Peters Rome, while it is opened during the papal Jubilee

Rome at Time of Caesar
A reconstruction of Rome from the period of Julius Caesar

Papal Jubilee Announced
He proclaims the PAPAL JUBILEE in Saint Peter s, Rome Date: circa 1720

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