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Overview
This unique compilation of insights into the world's most magnificent art, architecture and antiquities, by the people who know them best, unlocks the door to the Rome most visitors miss.A renowned painter shows the way to an overlooked masterpiece; an archaeologist walks you through an intriguing ancient ruin; a Renaissance scholar tells which of Michelangelo's works he finds the most moving of all. Along the way a poet laureate imparts the address of a gourmet cheese shop with its own pizzeria and an acclaimed director sets the stage for an ideal Roman afternoon.
City Secrets Rome reveals the city that will take your breath away. Organized by area; with colour maps, vintage photographs and illustrations.
Editorials
Library Journal
Rome, Padua & Assisi is a useful pilgrimage guide for the Jubilee Year 2000 and would serve as a good starting point for mapping out city tours. It offers a helpful historical and cultural background to each of the three cities (the most thorough is the chapter on Rome that runs well over 60 pages). As the authors discuss each city, they not only point out the sites of particular interest to visitors but also provide a list of hotels and eateries, an inventory of Jubilee 2000 events for each city, and a survivor's guide for getting around. In addition, the authors suggest other Italian destinations worth visiting. Although the descriptions of city sites are not adequately detailed, they are well ordered and clearly presented. In City Secrets: Rome, a number of architects, artists, writers, archaeologists, and historians at the prestigious American Academy in Rome write of their favorite spots in the city. Reading this book is like attending a reception at the academy and listening to academy residents offer glowing accounts of some of Rome's many treasures. Although rather small in size, it could serve as a delightful vade-mecum for tourists in Rome and provide them with an artful insight into Rome's familiar or not-so-familiar attractions. Both guides are recommended for libraries with some demand for travel books.--David I. Fulton, Our Lady of Victories Church, Baptistown, NJ Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\Barrons
Does the world need another guidebook? The answer, strange as it may seem..is maybe yes. City Secrets Rome is not only slim, small and light but is also packed with information not easily available elsewhere.GQ Magazine
The book's contributors list alone will have you clenching the hand-size gem and chanting, 'I put my trust in thee!'The Financial Times
The best literary gift to Italian travelers since the Baedeker and Henry James…a library-caliber edition of what contemporary, educated minds are excited about when encountering the great European capital.Book Details
Published
March 9, 2000
Publisher
Little Bookroom,U.S.
Pages
282
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781892145048