The waters of Rome

• Verfasst von: Rinne, Katherine Wentworth
• Titel: The waters of Rome
• Titelzusatz: aqueducts, fountains, and the birth of the Baroque city
• Verf.angabe: Katherine Wentworth Rinne
• Ausgabe: 1st ed
• Verlagsort: New Haven, Conn. [u.a.]
• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Jahr: 2010
• Umfang: X, 262 S
• Illustrationen: zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt
• Format: 28 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Inhalt: The Tiber's flow -- The Acqua Vergine and the Renovatio Romae --Surveying the city, distributing the water -- The fountains of Giacomo della Porta -- Undercurrents and water lust -- Irrigating the Seven Hills -- Trickle down : the hierarchy of water -- Currency of cardinals -- Streets and drains.
• ISBN: 978-0-300-15530-3
• Schlagwörter: (g)Rom / (s)Städtebau / (s)Wasserversorgung / (s)Wasserbau / (s)Brunnenbau / (s)Architektur / (z)Geschichte 1500-1750
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Hydraulic structures
• Sach-SW: Water-supply engineering
• Sach-SW: Aqueducts
• Sach-SW: Fountains
• Sach-SW: Urban renewal
• Sach-SW: City planning
• Sach-SW: Rome (Italy)
• K10plus-PPN: 620284811

Abstract

The Tiber's flow -- The Acqua Vergine and the Renovatio Romae --Surveying the city, distributing the water -- The fountains of Giacomo della Porta -- Undercurrents and water lust -- Irrigating the Seven Hills -- Trickle down : the hierarchy of water -- Currency of cardinals -- Streets and drains