Giuseppe Vasi's Views of Ancient and Modern Rome: Book 3 (original) (raw)

Rome in the Footsteps of an XVIIIth Century Traveller

• About this Website
  • Home
  • About & Feedback
  • Hall of Fame
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
• Vasi's Roman Views
  • Rome in 10 Books
  • View of Rome
  • Map of Rome
  • Other Views
    * Roman Forum
    * The Vatican
    * Aventine Hill
    * S. Maria Maggiore
• Other Pages on Rome
  • 1852 Map of Rome
  • Abridged History
  • Days of Peace
  • Baroque Sculpture
  • Others
    * 1588 Guide
    * 1905 Sketches
    * F. Juvarra
    * B. Pinelli
• Directories
  • Coats of Arms
  • Monuments by type
    * Churches
    * Fountains
    * Obelisks
    * Palaces
    * Others
  • by location (Rioni)
  • by hist. periods
    * Antiquity
    * Middle Ages
    * Renaissance
    * Mannerism
    * Baroque
  • Others
    * Families
    * Museums
    * Hist. Roman Roads
    * Streets
• Travels in Italy
  • Environs of Rome
  • Latium
  • Umbria
  • the Marches
  • Others
• Travels Abroad
  • Greece
  • Syria
  • Turkey
  • Others
    * Jordan
    * Israel
    * Tunisia
    * Vienna
    * Others

Book 3 - Basilicas and Old Churches (Vasi at work in the Grand View of Rome)

## Allegory of the Roman Catholic Church, a small etching in the opening page of Book 3 with a quotation from Matthew 16:18 "and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (King James Bible)

## Clickable map which shows also (in black) the plates of Book 4 - The Palaces of Rome

Introductory page and other Books: Book 1: The Gates and the Walls Book 2: The Main Squares Book 4: The Most Famous Palaces and Streets Book 5: The Bridges and the Buildings on the Tiber Book 6: The Parish Churches Book 7: The Friaries Book 8: The Nunneries Book 9: The Colleges, the Hospitals and other religious buildings Book 10: The most remarkable Villas and Gardens

## Other pages/sections which might be of interest to you:

## See you at another page of this website!