An edition of The Vatican gardens: an architectural and horticultural history
(2009)
The Vatican gardens
an architectural and horticultural history
1st English ed.
by Alberta Campitelli
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The Vatican gardens: an architectural and horticultural history
2009, Abbeville Press
in English
- 1st English ed.
0789210487 9780789210487
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Origins and first inventions: from Nicholas III (1277-80) to Nicholas V (1447-55)
The Belvedere of Innocent VIII (1484-92) and the Courtyard Garden-Theater of Julius II (1503-13) and Donato Bramante
The Secret Garden of Paul III (1534-49) and the intervention of Jacopo Meleghino
La Casina of Pius IV (1559-65) and the Giardino dei Semplici
The first part of 1600: the fountains of Paul V and Johannes Faber, "gardener" extraordinaire
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: garden practices and botanical innovations
The nineteenth century: French occupation, English taste, and the "gardener" popes
The new image of the state-town: gardens, fountains, buildings, and monuments
Papal holidays and the villa in Castel Gandolfo.
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Translated from Italian.
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