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This map of Rome shows the basic layout of the city of Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590), who used ancient monuments and buildings as the “points” in the city which could guide movement, especially for pilgrims entering the city. You can see the roadways connecting these places, such as the churches of Santa Maria del Popolo (lower left corner) and Santa Maria Maggiore, or the Colosseum and St. John Lateran. Anyway, I put it here because it's an important map in the development of early modern Rome and it's not really shown in good detail in other places on the internet.I got the image from De rebus praeclare gestis a Sixto V, by Giovanni Francesco Bordini, 1588.
Hi PhidiInteresting stuff that. Have you done anything else on those lines?I can't believe it! Just posted an old map myself in The Age of Reason forum.Talk about coincidence.regards
Hi PhidiInteresting stuff that. Have you done anything else on those lines?
Do you mean did I do more research on this map? I did not, other than the research as ancillary to my larger research on the development of a particular piazza in Rome. I did have to look through numerous maps of Rome, both ancient and early modern, and that of course was a joy to do.
