| Description |
xiii, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
A Tourist?s Introduction to the Geology of Rome -- Center of the Western World?The Capitoline (Campidoglio) Hill -- Palaces and Gardens?The Palatine (Palatino) Hill -- The Aventine (Aventino) Hill -- The Tiber Floodplain, Commerce, and Tragedy -- The Tiber?s Tributaries in Rome?Clogged With Man?s Debris -- The Western Heights?Janiculum, Vatican, and Monte Mario -- The Celian (Celio) Hill -- The Esquiline (Esquilino)?Largest of the ?Seven Hills? -- Upper Class?The Viminal (Viminale) and Quirinal (Quirinale) Hills -- Field Excursions -- The Seven Hills of Rome in Fifteen Stops -- Field Trip Across Rome from Trinit? dei Monti to Albano Lake and the Cross of Tuscolo (in the Alban Hills) -- A Field Trip to Rome, the City of Water. |
| Subject |
Rome (Italy) -- Guidebooks.
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Geology -- Italy -- Rome -- Guidebooks.
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| Added Author |
Funiciello, R.
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De Rita, Donatella.
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| ISBN |
0691069956 alkaline paper |
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