Web Directory

» Ancient and Historic Rome
   Bill Thayer's gazetteer of buildings and monuments: photographs and history. Also online editions of Platner's 'Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome' and Rodolfo Lanciani 'Pagan and Christian Rome'.
   http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/

» Architecture of Rome
   Buildings of Rome in the Great Buildings Online database: images, descriptions and sources.
   http://www.greatbuildings.com/places/rome.html

» Baroque Rome in the Etchings of Giuseppe Vasi
   Vasi published 10 books of etchings of the monuments of Rome (1746-61), which can be seen here alongside photographs of the same locations today.
   http://romeartlover.tripod.com/

» Capitolium
   Official website of the archaeological site of the Imperial Forums. Includes maps, a virtual tour, and information on life in ancient Rome.
   http://www.capitolium.org/

» Encyclopaedia Romana
   James Grout's collection of articles, plans and pictures of ancient Rome and its remains, with a bibliography. Includes Vitruvius's comments on temple architecture.
   http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/

» Images of Rome
   Kalervo Koskimies presents his own clear photographs, together with 18th and 19th century images, of the Classical and later monuments of the city.
   http://www2.siba.fi/~kkoskim//rooma/pages/

» Margaret Visser: The Geometry of Love
   A book exploring the basilican church of Sant Agnese fuori le Mura, Rome, rebuilt 625-38 to replace a 4th-century church. Author's biography, reviews, images with extracts.
   http://www.margaretvisser.com/

» Passing Through St. Peter's
   A gallery of beautiful images of the central cathedral of the Catholic faith provided by Eternal Word Television Network.
   http://www.ewtn.com/gallery/sp/sp1.htm

» Rome the Eternal City
   Digital photos and descriptions of major monuments by René Seindal.
   http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/2.html

» The Churches of Rome
   Chris Nyborg's guide to churches of all denominations in this city central to the development of church architecture. Includes biographies of their architects and artists.
   http://romanchurches.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

» Villa Aldobrandini
   Paula J. Howarth tells the story of this villa built on the Quirinal hill at the beginning of the 17th century by Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, with bibliography.
   http://www.paulahowarth.com/villa/