Destroyed Rome

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English: This gallery contains old images (paintings, engravings, old photographs, maps) and recent photographs of places, buildings, monuments and works of art destroyed in Rome over the centuries, via relocation or planned demolition in favor of new buildings, as well as bombing, earthquakes, fires, theft, etc.
Italiano: Questa galleria vuole testimoniare con vecchie immagini (dipinti, incisioni, foto antiche, piante) ed anche foto recenti la distruzione di luoghi, edifici, monumenti ed opere d'arte avvenute nella città di Roma nel corso dei secoli, a seguito di radicali trasformazioni di luoghi per nuove sistemazioni urbanistiche, o programmate demolizioni per la costruzione di nuovi edifici, oppure a seguito di eventi tragici quali bombardamenti, terremoti, incendi, trafugamenti, ecc.


CITY PLACES

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Old Saint Peter's Square

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  • 1533
    1533
  • 1570s
    1570s
  • 1600 ca.
    1600 ca.

Spina di Borgo

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  • map of 1748
    map of 1748
  • 1897
    1897
  • 1896
    1896
  • 1895-1923
    1895-1923
  • 1909
    1909
  • before 1937
    before 1937
  • 1946
    1946
  • today
    today

ANCIENT ROMAN BUILDINGS

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Arch of Augustus in the Forum Romanum

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Arch of Claudius in the Aqueduct Virgo in the Via Lata

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  • Aqua Virgo and Via Lata
    Aqua Virgo and Via Lata
  • 1756
    1756
  • Part of the inscription in the Capitoline Museum
    Part of the inscription in the Capitoline Museum

Arch of Marcus Aurelius (Rome)

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  • Sacrifice scene
    Sacrifice scene
  • Clemence to barbarians
    Clemence to barbarians
  • Triumph
    Triumph

Arch of Portugal on the Via del Corso

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  • location
    location
  • reconstruction
    reconstruction
  • 1615
    1615
  • 17th century
    17th century
  • ( 1835 )
    ( 1835 )

Circus of Nero

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Meta Sudans

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  • reconstruction
    reconstruction
  • 1858
    1858
  • 1889
    1889
  • 1931
    1931
  • today
    today

Septizonium (or Septizodium)

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  • location
    location
  • 1580
    1580
  • 1582
    1582
  • today
    today

Porta Salaria in the Aurelian walls at Piazza Fiume

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  • 18th century
    18th century
  • 1870
    1870
  • today
    today

CHURCHES

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Old Saint Peter's Basilica

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  • location (Rodolfo Lanciani, 1901)
    location
    (Rodolfo Lanciani, 1901)
  • plan (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911)
    plan
    (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911)
  • 1533 (Maarten van Heemskerck)
    1533
    (Maarten van Heemskerck)
  • 1450 (reconstruction drawing by H.W.Brewer, 1891)
    1450 (reconstruction drawing by H.W.Brewer, 1891)
  • model in the Vatican
    model in the Vatican
  • facade (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911)
    facade
    (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911)
  • 4th century
    4th century
  • 1460 (Jean Fouquet)
    1460 (Jean Fouquet)
  • 1535 (Maarten van Heemskerck)
    1535
    (Maarten van Heemskerck)

Church of San Biagio de Mercato on the right side of the Vittoriano (Rome)

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Church of San Nicola dei Cesarini in the Temple A of the Sacred area in Largo di Torre Argentina

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Church of Santi Sergio e Bacco al Foro Romano

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Bell towers of the Pantheon

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  • 1760
    1760
  • 1835
    1835
  • before 1855
    before 1855
  • before 1877
    before 1877
  • today
    today

ART WORKS

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