Architectural Lantern Slides of Italy
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Lantern slides created in Italy during the late 19th or early 20th century. Image subjects include arenas, basilicas, cathedrals, chapels, churches, fountains, gardens, loggias, public buildings, ruins, sculpture, tombs. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy. Some images include people and fashions of the time.
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Akragas (Agrigento): Re-assembled remains of the Temple of "Castor and Pollux"

Akragas (Agrigento): Remnants of the Temple of Herakles

Akragas (Agrigento): View of ruined columbarium in the necropolis

Altar of Saturn, Rome, Italy

Amphitheater, near Capua: Exterior of the amphitheater showing remains of two tiers

Amphitheater, near Capua: Service area beneath the arena

Amphitheater, near Capua: Service area beneath the arena; corridor and cages

Ancient Theater, Taormina: Looking down into the cavea to proscenium with back wall of the scena

Ancient Theater, Taormina: Top of the theater wall with walkway, cavea to the left

Appian Way: Appian Way, lined with family tombs near Rome

Appian Way: Overall view, showing remnants of structures, probably family tombs

Aqua Appia: View of above ground section

Arch of Augustus, Rimini: Detail, original Roman arch and added Medieval merlons

Arch of Constantine: Overall view, arch

Arch of Dolabella and Silanus: Overall view

Arch of Drusus: Overall view

Arch of Janus: Overall view, one of the four faces of the arch

Arch of Septimius Severus: View of the arch and its position on the Forum Romanum

Arch of Titus: Detail relief, The Spoils of Jerusalem

Arch of Titus: Distant context view on the Via Sacra looking into Forum

Arch of Titus: Overall view, side with original dedication inscription

Arco delle Scalette: Overall view

Arco delle Scaletteo, Vicenza, Italy

Assisi Cathedral: View of the facade and campanile

Assumption of Our Lady Cathedral, Bolzano, Italy

Baiae: Terme di Baia, "Temple of Diana," part of the baths

Baiae: Terme di Baia, "Temple of Venus," part of the baths

Baiae: Terme di Baia, "Temple of Venus," part of the baths, detail

Baiae: Terme di Baia, "Temple of Venus," part of the baths, view

Baptistery of Saint John, Pistoia: Overall view

Baptistery, Pisa: Overall view, main portal on the left

Baptistry of Neon: Interior, central view of octagonal baptismal font

Baptistry of Neon: Overall view of exterior

Basilica Aemilia: Remains of Basilica Aemilia

Basilica Julia: Overall view, showing arches of back wall, facing Temple of Castor and Pollux in background

Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy

Basilica della Consolata, Turin: Facade, dome and memorial column

Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto: Detail, bronze doors by Antonio Lombardi

Basilica della Santa Casa, Loreto: Overall view of facade, with fountain in the Piazza della Madonna

Basilica di San Marco, Rome: Overall view

Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso: Raking view of facade with dome

Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi: Exterior view of side and Neoclassic facade

Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi: Interior, view of nave looking towards the Porziuncola

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute: Interior view, chapel with High Altar to the right

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute: Lower exterior facade

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute: Overall exterior view, viewed from the Grand Canal

Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Rome: Approach to the monastery with Romanesque bell tower

Basilica of Maxentius: General view, central area surrounded by arcades

Basilica of Maxentius: General view, from the south

Basilica of Saint Abundius: Overall view, facade with bell towers in the rear

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Cappella del Santo, containing the Arca S Antonio

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Distant context view

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Exterior view of circular Tesoro Chapel and bell towers

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Exterior, main facade

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Interior detail, Bronze gate or screen in front of high altar

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Interior view of nave looking towards apse and altar

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Interior, Chapel of St. James

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Interior, holy water stoup next to monument of Alessandro Contarini in the nave

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Monument to Alessandro Contarini

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: Overall elevated view

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: The Magnolia or Chapter Courtyard

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua: View of high altar with sculpture by Donatello

Basilica of Saint Domenic: Facade, with bronze statue of St. Dominic on column

Basilica of Saint Domenic: Interior

Basilica of Saint Stephen: Church of the Holy Crucifix

Basilica of Saint Stephen: Detail, SS. Vitale e Agricola (left), San Sepolcro, (right)

Basilica of Saint Stephen: Detail, upper gallery, of the two-story Benedictine cloister

Basilica of San Domenico: Distant view, facade and campanile

Basilica of San Domenico: Interior, nave with chapel entrances on either side

Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan: External portico, Colonne di San Lorenzo

Basilica of San Petronio: Detail, interior, one of the funeral chapels

Basilica of San Petronio: Detail, raking view of lower facade, with unfinished facade above

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: Exterior facade and campanile

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: Interior view of the nave looking towards altar

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: Interior, 6th century marble sarcophagus with birds and lambs

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: Nave detail

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: Nave interior, right side, detail

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: Nave mosaics, detail

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: Nave mosaics, detail, left side

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: Nave mosaics, detail, left side

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: View into cloister garden courtyard

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe: Exterior view showing polygonal apse and campanile

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe: Interior, nave looking towards apse and altar

Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, Italy

Basilica of Superga: View of the facade on the approach up the hill

Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem: Baroque facade, bell tower behind

Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem: Baroque interior, nave looking towards altar and apse

Baths of Caligula, Rome, Italy

Baths of Caracalla: Raking view across the front of the remains of the complex

Baths of Caracalla: View in interior of the complex, capital in the foreground

Baths of Diocletian: Distant view, seen from the northeast

Benedictine Monastery, Catania: Interior view of courtyards with double corridors

Benedictine Monastery, Catania: Raking view of the facade

Bolzano Cathedral: Interior, nave looking towards altar

Borghese Gallery: Interior view of a gallery displaying sculpture

Borghese Gallery: Main facade of the Villa Borghese by Ponzio

Bourbon Royal Palace of Caserta: Garden detail, the Diana and Actaeon Fountain at the foot of the Grand Cascade

Bourbon Royal Palace of Caserta: Garden detail, the Diana and Actaeon Fountain at the foot of the Grand Cascade

Bourbon Royal Palace of Caserta: Palace interior, view down grand staircase

Brescia Cathedral: Interior, nave looking towards apse and altar

Brescia Cathedral: Overall elevated view

Broletto, Brescia: Overall view, showing balcony and base of the remaining bell tower

Broletto, Brescia: Overall view, showing the bell tower and facade of Broletto

Broletto, Como: Detail, lower part of clock tower and arches of loggia

Ca' Foscari: Overall view

Ca' Rezzonico: Overall raking view of canal facade

Campanile di San Marco: Overall view, from Piazza San Marco

Campo Santo, Pisa, Italy

Casa degli Omenoni: View of the street corner facade showing the entry to the right and six herms

Castel Capuano: Detail of central portal and tower on facade, viewed at the end of Via Casanova

Castel Nuovo: Detail of the entry arch of Alfonso I of Aragon

Castel Nuovo: Distant context view across the Piazza del Municipio

Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy

Castel Sant'Angelo: General view, seen from bridge; angel sculpture on top

Castel dell'Ovo: Distant context view showing village at the base of the castle

Castelvecchio Bridge: Overall view to tower on right bank

Castle Scaliger, possibly Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy

Catacomb of Saint Calixtus: 19th century illustration of Early Christian services within the catacomb chambers

Catacomb of Saint Calixtus: 19th century illustration of the catacomb chambers

Catacomb of Saint Calixtus: 19th century illustration of the crypt of Saint Cecilia within the catacomb

Catacomb of Saint Calixtus: 19th century illustration of the total 15 ha catacomb passages

Catacomb of Saint Calixtus: Fresco, Head of Christ, with nimbus, from crypt of Saint Pontian

Catacomb of St. Januarius: 19th century illustration of the catacomb frescoes

Catacombs of Rome: 19th century illustration of the catacomb of Pricilla

Catacombs of Rome: Interior, chamber with burial niches carved into walls

Catania Cathedral: Distant context view from the piazza

Catania Cathedral: Interior, nave looking towards the pipe organ

Catania Cathedral: Interior, nave looking towards the pipe organ, pulpit on the right

Catania Cathedral: Overall view of facade, dome and bell tower

Cathedra Petri: Overall view

Cefalù Cathedral: Detail, arcade of the cloister

Cefalù Cathedral: Exterior detail, where cloister adjoins the church

Cefalù Cathedral: Interior, detail of altar and apse with mosaics

Cefalù Cathedral: Overall view of western façade and narthex

Cefalù Cathedral: Overall view, nave looking towards altar

Certosa di Bologna: View of part of the cemetery within cloister courtyards

Certosa di Pavia: Certosa di Pavia seen from the garden of the small cloister

Certosa di Pavia: Interior, southern transept, tomb of Giangaleazzo Visconti to the left

Certosa di Pavia: Partial view of church, west facade

Certosa di Pavia: Raking view down the loggia of the Grand Cloister

Certosa di Pavia: View looking down the second story loggia

Certosa di Pavia: View of the apsidal end of the church

Certosa di Pavia: View of the main facade of the church

Certosa di San Martino: Chiostro Grande, interior with detail of the monks’ cemetery

Certosa di San Martino: Detail, looking up at the facade at the top of the Vómero Hill

Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament: Overall view; Bernini's tabernacle at right

Chiesa dei Gerolamini: View of Baroque facade

Chiesa di Corpus Domini: Detail, entry portal with terra cotta decoration

Chiesa di San Costanzo: Overall elevated view of facade and side with half-round chapel

Chiesa di San Crisogono: Overall view of facade and 12th century bell tower

Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi, Palermo: View of main portal and rose window

Chiesa di San Giorgio in Braida: Interior, nave looking towards altar, showing dome

Chiesa di San Martino, adjacent to the Loggia del Papa, Siena, Italy

Chiesa di San Paolo, Pistoia: Raking view of facade with bicolored marble facing

Church and Convent of Santa Chiara: Overall view of facade with flying buttress

Church of Saint Anastasia, Verona: Distant view, across the river from the east with campanile

Church of Saint Anastasia, Verona: Interior, nave looking towards altar

Church of Saint Anastasia, Verona: Overall view of unfinished brick facade

Church of Saint Andrew, Pistoia: Interior, nave looking towards altar with the Pisano pulpit to the left

Church of Saint Andrew, Pistoia: Overall view of the Giovanni Pisano pulpit without the eagle lecturn on top

Church of Saint Andrew, Pistoia: Overall view, facade with bichrome marble

Church of Saint Augustine, Cremona: Baroque interior, nave looking towards altar

Church of Saint Augustine, Cremona: Raking view of facade

Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Pisa: Overall view of facade

Church of Saint Francis, Rimini: Detail of facade by Alberti

Church of Saint John the Evangelist: Central facade showing portal behind porch screen

Church of Saint Louis of the French, Rome: Overall raking view, facade by della Porta

Church of Saint Luke and Chapel of the Risen Christ: Overall view of the chapel to the left and the church facade

Church of San Bernardino: Interior, Pellegrini Chapel with niche tabernacles

Church of San Bernardino: Overall view, facade of San Bernardino with monastery cloister to the left

Church of San Vitale: Detail, exterior showing the square apsed chancel to the east

Church of San Vitale: Detail, reused Roman relief fragment in the choir

Church of San Vitale: Exterior detail showing buttresses

Church of San Vitale: Interior detail, carved and tiled impost block below the tympanum of choir

Church of San Vitale: Interior view looking into niches framing the ambulatory and matroneum

Church of San Vitale: Interior, altar in front of the apse and bishop's seat

Church of San Vitale: Overall exterior view

Church of San Vitale: Sarcophagus in interior of San Vitale

Church of Sant Ercolano: Overall view, showing polygonal tower

Church of Santa Pudenziana: Overall view; top of the entrance pediment visible below street level

Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum: Overall view of facade and street

Church of the Spirito Santo, Ravenna: Façade, 16th century Renaissance portico with 5 arcades

Church of the Spirito Santo, Ravenna: Interior, nave looking towards altar and apse

Church, Rome, Italy

Circus of Maxentius: West end, remains of one of the two remaining towers

City Gate of Saint Peter, Assisi: Overall view

City Hall, Cremona: Detail, raking view of facade at corner, showing loggia or arcade and crenellations

City Hall, Turin: Detail, center section of the facade

City gate of Sixtus V, Rome: View of gate and inscriptions

Cloister of Santa Maria in Porto, Ravenna: Raking view, the loggia of the main entrance

Collegio di Propaganda Fide: Facade facing the Piazza di Spagna by Bernini

Colosseum: Distant context view

Colosseum: Interior, showing rooms under the wooden floor

Column of Marcus Aurelius: Overall view, of base and column

Column of Phocas: Overall view, brick base visible

Column of Trajan: Detail view of 2 relief panels

Column of Trajan: Distant context view, in Trajan's Forum

Column of Trajan: View of the square base, doorway to inner stairs and inscription

Columns, Piazza dei Signori: Overall view of the Piazza and two columns

Como Cathedral: Detail, statue of Pliny the Elder

Como Cathedral: Overall view, apsidal end with radiating chapels

Como Cathedral: Raking view of facade

Cortile del Belvedere: Overall view central block with half dome exedra

Cortile del Belvedere: Raking view across front central block, pinecone fountain

Corvaja Palace: Overall view, showing merlons and pointed arches

Cremona Baptistery: Overall elevated view, with the cathedral to the left

Cremona Cathedral: Distant view showing cathedral and the Torrazzo to the left

Cremona Cathedral: Raking view of facade showing two orders of loggette beneath the rose window

Dogana da Mare: View along the north facade facing the Grand Canal

Doge's Palace, Genoa: Overall view, from Piazza Matteotti

Doge's Palace: Exterior facade facing the Piazzetta, Piazza San Marco

Doge's Palace: Exterior facade facing the Piazzetta, Piazza San Marco

Doge's Palace: Exterior view of corner, waterside facade

Doge's Palace: Exterior, Bridge of Sighs linking Doge's Palace to prisons

Doge's Palace: Exterior, Porta della Carta on the Piazetta facade

Doge's Palace: Facade of New Prisons

Doge's Palace: Interior courtyard, Scala dei Gigante

Doge's Palace: Interior view of passageway, from New Prisons across the Bridge of Sighs

Doge's Palace: Interior view, Sala del Collegio

Dome of Saint Peter's: View of the dome showing clock at corner of facade

Ducal Palace, Mantua: Raking view of facade of the Palazzo del Capitano on the Piazza Sordello

Episcopal Palace, Verona: Detail, main portal with sculpture

Episcopal Palace, Verona: Raking view of facade facing the Piazza Vescovado

Ferrara Cathedral: Interior, Baroque central nave looking towards apse and altar

Flavian Amphitheater, Pozzuoli: Detail, entrance to the arena floor

Flavian Amphitheater, Pozzuoli: Overall view looking down into the arena

Florence Baptistery: Detail, view of South Doors by Andrea Pisano

Florence Baptistery: Detail, view of the "Gates of Paradise" by Ghiberti

Florence Baptistery: Overall view of the octagonal Baptistery

Florence Baptistery: View of the "Gates of Paradise" by Lorenzo Ghiberti

Florence Cathedral: Interior view of nave looking towards altar in the apse

Florence Cathedral: Overall aerial view, shows whole cathedral complex

Florence Cathedral: View of exterior facade, apsidal end

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, Rome, Italy

Fontana del Moro: Overall view
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Fontana del Nettuno [Piazza del Popolo]: Overall view of the fountain

Fontana del Tritone, Rome, Italy

Fontana della Barcaccia: View looking towards the front of the boat
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Fontana della Dea Roma [Piazza del Popolo]: Overall view of front of fountain

Fontana della Piazza Farnese: Overall view

Fontana delle Tartarughe: Overall view

Fountain of Arethusa: Overall view of pond with water plants and retaining walls
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Fountain of Neptune [Bologna]: Overall view, front

Fountain of Orion: Overall view

Fountain of Saturn, Rome, Italy

Fountain of the Four Beasts: Overall view

Fountain of the Four Rivers: View of two of the river gods at the base

Fountain of the Naiads: Overall view of fountain in front of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, built from the frigidarium of the Baths of Diocletian

Frascati Cathedral: Overall view of facade and bell towers

Funerary monument of Pope Innocent VIII, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Gate of Saint Nicholas, Florence: Overall view

Gate of the Cross, Florence: Overall view

General Assurance Building, Florence: Overall view of facade

Genoa Cathedral: Detail, lower half of facade, portals and rose window

Greek Theater, Syracuse: Detail of seating rows and sections

Greek Theater, Syracuse: Overall view from top of seating down to stage area

Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli: Detail, Grand Thermae

Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli: Detail, Maritime Theatre

Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli: Detail, Pecile wall

Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli: Detail, area of the Praetorium

Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli: Detail, part of the Imperial Palace

Herculaneum: House of Argus: Detail, colonnade

Herculaneum: House of Argus: Detail, within the peristyle garden

Herculaneum: House of Argus: Overall elevated view, showing outer walls and inner peristyle courtyard

House of Perugino: View of main entry, purported house of Perugino

I Gesuati: Raking view of canal facade

Il Gesù: Interior, view of nave and altar in apse

Il Gesù: Overall view of facade

Interior, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, Italy

Lateran Basilica: External view of the cloister arcade with Cosmatesque decoration

Lateran Basilica: Interior view of nave looking towards altar

Lateran Basilica: Interior view of nave, detail of altar with ciborium

Lateran Basilica: Interior, Blessed Sacrament chapel in the transept

Lateran Basilica: Overall view of the facade by Galilei

Loggetta, Piazza San Marco: Overall view of facade at base of Campanile

Loggetta, Piazza San Marco: Raking view of the Loggetta and the facade of the Marciana Libreria to the right

Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy

Loggia dei Lanzi: Lower area of the loggia showing sculpture displayed there

Loggia dei Lanzi: Overall view, loggia facing Piazza della Signoria

Loggia dei Lanzi: Shows loggia from above

Loggia dei Militi: Overall view

Loggia del Bigallo: Overall view at corner

Loggia del Capitanio: Overall view, showing front and right side

Loggia del Consiglio, Verona: Overall view of facade and loggia from the Piazza dei Signori

Loggia del Consiglio: Overall raking view of facade and loggia

Loggia della Mercanzia: Detail, raking view of lower columns and sculpture

Loggia of the Pope, Siena: Overall view, facing Piazza San Martino

Madonna dell'Orto: Interior, nave looking towards altar

Madonna dell'Orto: Overall view of the 15th century facade

Mantua Cathedral: Interior, nave looking towards altar, beyond dome at crossing

Marciana Libreria: Overall view, the library seen from Piazzetta di San Marco

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia: Interior detail, Roman sarcophagus under lunette of St. Lawrence

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia: Overall view of exterior

Mausoleum of Theodoric: Overall exterior view

Medieval Fortifications and Castles, Taormina: View of medieval fortifications above Taormina with crenelated walls

Medieval Village recreation, Valentine Park: Overall view of the village and castle

Messina Cathedral: Overall view, from the Piazza del Duomo with the Fountain of Orion in foreground

Milan Cathedral: Detail of the octagonal cupola at the base of the spire

Milan Cathedral: Distant context aerial view of the cathedral and surrounding town

Milan Cathedral: Overall view of facade

Milan Cathedral: View of nave, looking toward altar and apse

Milan Cathedral: View of roof showing tall capitals and flying buttresses

Milan Cathedral: View of side facade, east transept, showing spire topped by gilded statue of the Madonna

Milan Cathedral: View of spire, octagonal cupola and transept and chapel roofs

Milvian Bridge: View from base of bastion tower showing the six spans

Monastery of San Michele in Bosco: View of church, loggia next to main facade, with campanile behind

Monreale Cathedral: Apse mosaic detail, Christ Pantokrator with Saints and the Virgin

Monreale Cathedral: Exterior view of side of the cathedral with the loggia of the cloister

Monreale Cathedral: Interior nave, view of apse mosaic and altar

Monreale Cathedral: Interior view of nave looking towards apse mosiac

Monreale Cathedral: Interior view, Chapel of St. Benedict

Monreale Cathedral: Interior, inlaid sarcophagus in the side aisle

Monreale Cathedral: West facade, with later additions

Monument to Clement X: Overall view

Monument to Matilda of Canossa: Overall view

Monza Cathedral: Raking view of facade and campanile

Mostra dell'Acqua Felice: Overall view of front of fountain

Naples Cathedral: Chapel of the Treasure of St. Januarius, entry wall

Naples Cathedral: Detail of bishop's throne

National Roman Museum of the Diocletian Baths: View into the garden of the cloister

Neptune Fountain, Messina: Detail of midsection

Neptune Fountain, Messina: Detail of midsection

New Cathedral, Brescia, Italy

Nymphaeum, "Temple of Minerva Medica": Overall view

Obelisk and Fountain, Piazza della Rotunda: Overall view, obelisk with fountain base

Old Cathedral, Brescia: Interior, looking into presbytery and entrance to crypt of San Filastrio

Old Cathedral, Brescia: Overall view, with main portal to the right

Oratory of Saint George, Padua: Overall view from Piazza del Santo

Oratory of San Bernardino: Detail of tympanum over main portal, St. Bernardino in Glory

Oratory of San Bernardino: Overall view of the facade

Orion Fountain, Messina, Italy

Orvieto Cathedral, Chapel of the Corporal: Overall view of chapel with frescoes, altar and aedicule-shaped tabernacle

Orvieto Cathedral: Detail, interior of nave

Orvieto Cathedral: Detail, lower half of facade with mosaics and rose window

Orvieto Cathedral: Interior, Pieta, by Ippolito Scalza

Orvieto Cathedral: Marble private chapel with scene of the Visitation

Orvieto Cathedral: Overall view of facade and left side

Orvieto Cathedral: Overall view, Cappella del Corporale

Orvieto Cathedral: View of nave looking towards altar

Ospedale Maggiore: Raking view of street-side facade

Ospedale degli Innocenti: Facade facing courtyard showing nine bay loggia and ceramic tondos

Ospedale del Ceppo: Exterior view Renaissance loggia with ceramic frieze and tondos

Padua Cathedral: General view of facade with the Battistero to the right

Paestum: Detail, two-storey internal colonnades, second Temple of Hera

Paestum: Interior view, second Temple of Hera, showing interior columns

Paestum: Overall view

Paestum: Overall view of Sanctuary of Hera

Paestum: Overall view, the first Temple of Hera

Paestum: View of ruined pediment, Temple of Athena

Palace Barbanjo, possibly Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice, Italy

Palace of the Popes, Orvieto: View of facade, with enclosed loggia

Palace ruins, possiblly Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Italy

Palatine Hill: Imperial Palace Complex: Basilica, Palace of Augustus

Palatine Hill: Imperial Palace Complex: Extension of the Imperial Palace by Caligula

Palazzi Contarini degli Scrigni e Corfù: Facade of Palazzo Contarini Corfù

Palazzo Balbi: Overall view of facade on canal

Palazzo Barbaro: Overall view, older palazzo on the center left

Palazzo Barberini: West facade

Palazzo Beneventano del Bosco: Overall view, facade facing the Piazza Duomo

Palazzo Bernardo: Overall view, canal facade

Palazzo Bevilacqua, Bologna: Raking view of rusticated facade

Palazzo Bevilacqua: Raking view of the facade

Palazzo Bolognini: Main facade with some of the sculpted heads

Palazzo Bolognini: Raking view of conjoined palazzi facades

Palazzo Borghese: Exterior, flanking facade facing the Piazza Borghese

Palazzo Borghese: Flaminio Ponzo's short façade of Palazzo Borghese on the Tiber River

Palazzo Carignano: Exterior detail, nineteenth-century rear façade

Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti: Overall view, canal facade and garden

Palazzo Comunale, Orvieto: Raking view of facade showing later additions

Palazzo Contarini Fasan and Palazzo Contarini: Exterior facades

Palazzo Farnese: Overall view, main facade

Palazzo Farnese: View of interior courtyard and loggia

Palazzo Giustinian: Overall view of canal facade

Palazzo Madama, Rome: Raking view of the facade showing cornice and decorative urns

Palazzo Madama, Turin: Three-quarter view showing Juvarra's facade and medieval tower behind

Palazzo Mascarello: Detail, raking view of street facade showing arcade

Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Rome, Italy

Palazzo Minelli: Overall view

Palazzo Moroni, Padua: View at corner of Piazza delle Erbe with market stalls

Palazzo Morosini Sagredo: Exterior view

Palazzo Papadopoli: Overall view, canal facade

Palazzo Pitti: Close view of east end wing of facade

Palazzo Pitti: Detail of the fountain terrace

Palazzo Pitti: Overall view of facade and sunken court

Palazzo Pitti: Principal facade facing away from the gardens

Palazzo Pubblico, Siena: Detail, porch of the Cappella di Piazza by Antonio Federighi

Palazzo Ragione, Verona: Courtyard with the Scala della Ragione

Palazzo Romanin Jacur: Raking view of Venetian Gothic balcony and detailing

Palazzo San Giorgio: Detail, the 13th century wing

Palazzo Strozzi: View of facade facing piazza

Palazzo Ugoccioni: Frontal view looking north within Piazza della Signoria

Palazzo Vecchio: Overall aerial view, showing entire building and tower

Palazzo Vecchio: View of main tower block seen from Piazza della Signoria

Palazzo Vendramin Calergi: Overall view of canal facade

Palazzo dei Conservatori: Exterior, overall view of facade

Palazzo dei Conservatori: View of the interior courtyard which houses the fragments of the Colossus of Constantine

Palazzo dei Notai, Bologna: Three-quarter view from the Piazza Maggiore

Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia: Detail, bronzes above main portal

Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia: General view showing street facade

Palazzo del Bargello: Interior courtyard (ca. 1287) with stairs decorated with coats of arms of the Podestà

Palazzo del Bargello: Overall view

Palazzo del Capitaniato, Vincenza, Italy

Palazzo del Capitanio: Overall raking view of facade and loggia

Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo: View of facade and side with external staircase and balcony

Palazzo del Comune, Verona, Italy

Palazzo del Podestà, Pistoia: Exterior, facade showing the coats of arms of the Podesta

Palazzo del Quirinale: Raking view of facade and main entrance facing Piazza del Quirinale

Palazzo della Cancelleria: Courtyard with the original columns from the Theatre of Pompey

Palazzo della Cancelleria: Raking view of the front facade facing the Piazza

Palazzo della Loggia, Brescia: View of the Loggia with the roof by Vanvitelli

Palazzo della Ragione: Raking view of loggia including nearby clock tower

Palazzo di Giustizia, Rome: Overall raking view

Palazzo di Venezia: Facade facing Piazza Venezia

Palazzo di Venezia: Overall view, facade with medieval tower

Palermo Cathedral: Overall view

Pantheon: Interior of Pantheon showing altar

Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi: Distant context view, basilica and friary

Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi: Exterior view of the Upper Church from the east

Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi: Interior detail, wall cenotaphs and fresco fragments

Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi: Interior, vaulting of a chapel in the Lower Church

Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi: The Lower and Upper basilica and the porticus

Pazzi Chapel: Facade, viewed from right

Perugia Cathedral: Cathedral's side wall

Perugia Cathedral: View of nave looking towards apse and altar

Piazza Bocca della Verita Fountain: Overall view of the fountain seen from Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Piazza San Domenico, Bologna: View of the tomb of Rolandino de’ Passeggeri

Piazza San Pietro: Overall view of the piazza

Piazza San Pietro: View of arm of colonnade and fountain

Piazza San Pietro: View of arm of colonnade and obelisk

Piazza San Pietro: View of arm of colonnade, facade and fountain

Piazza San Pietro: View of fountain, looking towards central obelisk and arm of colonnade

Piazza del Campidoglio: Capitoline Hill cordonata leading from Via del Teatro di Marcello to Piazza del Campidoglio and the Palazzo Senatorio

Piazza del Campidoglio: Side view of the staircase of the Palazzo Senatorio by Michelangelo

Piazza del Campidoglio: View of the staircase of the Palazzo Senatorio by Michelangelo

Pietà: Overall view

Pisa Cathedral: Exterior view of the apsidal facade

Pisa Cathedral: Overall view of nave seen from upper level, looking towards apse and altar

Pisa Cathedral: Overall view, main facade of cathedral and campanile to the right

Pisa Cathedral: Overall view, main facade, duomo

Pisa Cathedral: View of the piazza looking northeast, with the baptistery at left and the duomo in the center

Pistoia Cathedral: Interior, nave looking towards altar

Pistoia Cathedral: Overall view of attached campanile and side of church

Pistoia Cathedral: Overall view of facade

Pompeii: Arch to the right of the Temple of Jupiter on "Mercurius Street"

Pompeii: Detail, view of the oven in the Baker's House

Pompeii: Fountain or lararium

Pompeii: General view of the ruins

Pompeii: House of Elena, fountain or lararium

Pompeii: House of the Faun, front view of the house, sunken impluvium in the foreground

Pompeii: House of the Vettii, Third or Fourth Style wall painting

Pompeii: House of the Vettii, view into the courtyard from the peristyle

Pompeii: Memorial or triumphal arch on "Mercurius Street"

Pompeii: Overall view into Baker's House, showing oven

Pompeii: Overall view, Forum of Pompeii

Pompeii: Overall view, looking into Basilica, nave and side aisles

Pompeii: Temple of Apollo, podium and Corinthian columns

Pons Aemilius: General view, showing the south flank

Pons Augustus: Overall view, 4 of the 5 arches

Pons Fabricius, Rome, Italy

Ponte Nomentano: Detail of the central Roman arch and Medieval superstructure

Ponte San Michele: Overall view of the bridge

Ponte Sant'Angelo: Overall view of bridge

Ponte Sant'Angelo: The entry to the bridge with later Baroque sculpture; figure on right is St. Peter; left is St. Paul

Ponte della Paglia: Overall view, crossing in front of the Doge's Palace

Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua, Padua, Italy

Porta Castello Tower: Overall view, Piazza Castello, Tower on the right

Porta Nuova, Palermo: Overall distant view

Porta Pia: Overall view, internal or "city side" facade

Porta Romana, Siena: Overall view

Porta San Giovanni, Rome: Overall view, showing inscription plaque at top

Porta San Paolo, Rome: Overall view of gate and towers

Porta San Sebastiano: Overall view

Porta Sant'Angelo: Overall view, of wall and fortified gate

Porta Santo Spirito, Rome: View of the unfinished gate

Porta Settimiana, Rome: Overall view of the Gothic gate

Porta dei Borsari: Overall view

Porta del Popolo: Overall view, outer side of gate by Nanni di Baccio Bigio

Prato Cathedral: Detail of the external pulpit by Michelozzo and Donatello

Prato Cathedral: Overall view, facade with external pulpit and campanile

Prato della Valle: Distant context view of St. Giustina seen from the Prato della Valle

Pulpit, Baptistery of Pisa: Overall view of Baptistry pulpit

Pulpit, Cathedral of Pisa: Overall view

Rialto Bridge: Overall view seen from the canal with gondolas and a dock in the foreground

Roman Amphitheater, Verona: Distant view of Arena exterior in the Piazza Bra

Roman Amphitheater, Verona: View looking down to floor of arena

Roman Aqueduct: Overall view, from below

Roman Theater, Verona: View looking up from floor of cavea at seating and loggia

Rotunda Room, Belvedere Palace, the Vatican Museums

Rotunda Unknown God, Rome, Italy

Royal Palace of Naples: Façade of the royal palace from Piazza del Plebiscito

Royal Palace of Naples: Raking view of western facade showing pedimented windows and sculpture

Royal Palace of Turin: Overall elevated view, looking down the square at the facade

Saint Longinus: Overall view

Saint Mark's: Cloister of Saint Antoninus: View of the arcade surrounding the courtyard of the cloister

Saint Peter's Basilica: Angels and Holy Water basin

Saint Peter's Basilica: Overall view

Saint Peter's Basilica: Overall view of facade viewed from the Piazza San Pietro

Saint Peter's Basilica: View of Papal Altar

Saint Peter's Basilica: View of portico

Saint Peter's Basilica: View of the crossing from the transept, with the baldacchino at center

Saint Peter's Basilica: View of the crossing from the transept, with the baldacchino at center

Saint Peter's Church, Benedictine Abbey, Assisi: Raking view showing flat Romanesque facade

Saint Peter: Overall view

Salerno Cathedral: Detail, the Porta dei Leoni across the main entrance

Salerno Cathedral: Detail, the Porta dei Leoni across the main entrance and on the west side

San Apostoli, Venice: Detail, base of campanile and the campo

San Bartolomeo all'Isola: Overall view, Baroque facade, guglia and Torre dei Caetani behind

San Cataldo: Exterior showing blind arches, bulge domes and Arab-style merlons

San Clemente: Exterior view of side entrance behind cloister

San Clemente: Interior detail of ciborium over shrine

San Clemente: Interior detail of lectern on the schola cantorum

San Clemente: Interior detail of the bishop's chair in the apse

San Clemente: Interior of nave, looking toward presbytery and ciborium

San Clemente: Overall view of exterior facade behind the peristyle cloister courtyard

San Ferdinando: Overall view of facade and surrounding buildings

San Francesco, Pavia: Overall view of facade and side

San Giorgio Maggiore: Interior view of nave looking towards apse

San Giorgio Maggiore: Overall view, west facade viewed from the Grand Canal

San Giorgio dei Greci: Overall view, facade of church and base of campanile

San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna, Italy

San Giovanni Fuoricivitas: Overall view, northern wall with green and white marble facade

San Giovanni a Carbonara: Context view, church facade is at right beyond stairs

San Giovanni degli Eremiti: Exterior, view of Islamic influenced domes and bell tower

San Gregorio Magno al Celio: Overall view, facade by Soria

San Lorenzo fuori le Mura: Interior Corinthian capital with Roman motifs

San Lorenzo fuori le Mura: Interior Corinthian columns supporting gallery

San Lorenzo fuori le Mura: Overall view

San Lorenzo fuori le Mura: Overall view

San Lorenzo fuori le Mura: Overall view of facade

San Lorenzo fuori le Mura: Roman sarcophagus within the church

San Lorenzo fuori le Mura: View across the nave, depicting the Cosmatesque ambone

San Lorenzo, Vicenza: View of main portal and tympanum

San Marco: Detail, small tabernacle in the nave

San Marco: Exterior view of south facade from Piazzetta

San Marco: Horses of Saint Mark, lateral view from walkway above central portal

San Marco: Interior view from west, under central domes, looking towards altar screen

San Marco: Interior view of a vestibule, with mosaics on ceilings and vaults

San Marco: Interior view of pulpit: altar screen of presbytery to the right

San Marco: Overall view of facade from Piazza San Marco

San Marco: Overall view of facade from Piazza San Marco

San Marco: Plan of San Marco

San Marco: Raking view of the Pala d’Oro

San Michele in Isola: Overall view of facade

San Miniato al Monte: Center of nave; Cappella del Crocefisso

San Miniato al Monte: Interior detail, altar and apse mosaic

San Miniato al Monte: Interior view of nave towards altar and apse mosaic

San Miniato al Monte: Overall exterior view, showing complex on hill

San Miniato al Monte: Raking exterior view of facade

San Miniato al Monte: View of the crypt

San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno: Overall view

San Paolo fuori le Mura: Interior of the cloister with varied columns

San Paolo fuori le Mura: Interior showing Cosmatesque marble work, mosaics in half dome chapel

San Paolo fuori le Mura: Interior view of nave looking towards altar

San Paolo fuori le Mura: Interior view of nave with tabernacle

San Paolo fuori le Mura: Interior view of portico in cloister courtyard

San Paolo fuori le Mura: Roman sarcophagus, displayed in the cloister portico

San Pietro in Montorio: Overall view of exterior and facade, cloister extends to the right

San Pietro in Vincoli: Overall view

San Pietro in Vincoli: Overall view of facade

San Pietro, Perugia: Detail of nave arcade

San Pietro, Perugia: Overall view of facade and bell tower

San Zaccaria: Overall raking view of facade

San Zeno Maggiore, Verona: Distant view of church and campanile from the Piazza San Zeno

San Zeno Maggiore, Verona: Interior, nave looking towards altar

Sanctuary of the Madonna of San Luca: Overall view, looking along the Portico di San Luca

Sant'Agnese in Agone: Raking view of facade to the left

Sant'Andrea: Interior, nave and crossing under dome

Sant'Andrea: Raking view of facade from street

Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli, Rome, Italy

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere: Detail, ciborium in the presbytery by Arnolfo di Cambio

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere: Distant view of the ciborium in the presbytery and nave

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere: Overall view of the facade and campanile

Santa Croce: Detail of main portal and colored marble facade

Santa Croce: Overall view of facade from Piazza di Santa Croce

Santa Croce: Tomb of Carlo Marsuppini by Desiderio da Settignano

Santa Croce: View of nave looking towards altar

Santa Croce: View of the pulpit

Santa Francesca Romana: Distant view, depicting façade with medieval campanile behind

Santa Maria Maggiore: Interior view detail of nave and baldacchino

Santa Maria Maggiore: Interior view of nave looking towards altar

Santa Maria Maggiore: Overall exterior view of facade, campanile and Marian column

Santa Maria Maggiore: Overall exterior view of the rear side, facing Piazza dell'Esquilino

Santa Maria Novella: Interior of nave looking towards altar

Santa Maria Novella: Side view from Unità d'Italia Square, showing Romanesque-Gothic bell tower

Santa Maria Novella: View of interior courtyard and loggia of the Medieval cloister

Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Brescia: Detail, the elaborately carved portal and central facade

Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Brescia: Interior, crossing under the dome

Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Brescia: Raking view of facade

Santa Maria dei Miracoli: Exterior east facade and campo

Santa Maria dei Servi, Bologna: Detail, partial facade of the church with arcade framing the square

Santa Maria del Popolo: Interior view of nave looking towards altar

Santa Maria del Popolo: Overall exterior view

Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio: Interior, view of nave looking towards altar

Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio: View of Baroque portico

Santa Maria della Spina: Overall view of facade and roof with spires and finials

Santa Maria delle Grazie, Brescia: Detail of main portal and doors

Santa Maria delle Grazie, Brescia: Interior, central barrel-vaulted nave looking towards altar

Santa Maria delle Grazie: Overall view of the front facade and right side

Santa Maria di Loreto: Overall view, principal facade

Santa Maria in Cosmedin: Exterior view of the medieval facade

Santa Maria in Cosmedin: View of the Baroque facade

Santa Maria in Montesanto: Overall view of the facade

Santa Maria in Organo, Verona: View showing unfinished facade

Santa Maria in Trastevere: Overall view

Santa Maria in Trastevere: Overall view

Santa Maria in Trastevere: Overall view

Santa Marta in Vaticano, Vatican City, Italy

Santa Susanna: Central view of facade

Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice: Detail; wall tomb of Doge Michele Morosini

Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice: Interior, nave looking towards altar and apse

Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice: Overall exterior view

Santi Quattro Coronati, Rome, Italy

Santissima Annunziata: Raking view of facade facing the piazza

Santo Spirito, Siena: Interior, nave looking towards altar, with Four Saints by Rutilio Manetti

Santo Spirito, Siena: Overall view, showing portal by Peruzzi and dome

Santo Spirito: View of facade facing the Piazza

Santo Stefano Rotondo: Exterior of the south side with wall of garden

Santo Stefano Rotondo: Interior

Scaligeri Tombs: Tomb of Mastino II and the wrought iron enclosure

Scaligeri Tombs: Tomb of Mastino II in foreground, Cansignorio behind, and the wrought iron enclosure

Scuola Grande di San Marco: Exterior detail, entrance portal

Scuola Grande di San Marco: Overall view, with canal

Scuola Grande di San Rocco: Overall view of the Church of Saint Roch with the scuola facade to the left

Segesta, Doric Temple: Distant context three-quarter view of temple

Sforza Castle: Raking view of side facade

Sforza Castle: View of the main entry, the Torre del Filarete

Siena Cathedral, Piccolomini Library: Interior

Siena Cathedral: Baptistery Font: Overall view, set in a frescoed apse

Siena Cathedral: Baptistry of Saint John: Detail, lower façade of the baptistry

Siena Cathedral: Interior detail, main high altar

Siena Cathedral: Pulpit: Interior

Sistine Chapel: Overall view, looking towards altar wall and the Last Judgment

So-called Palace of Theodoric, Ravenna: Raking view of building remains

St. John Evangelist, Ravenna: Exterior detail, 14th century Gothic marble portal

Statue of Giovanni Battista Vico: View of the statue in the Villa Communale

Stracciotoni House, likely the Palazzo dei Notai, Bologna, Italy

Syracuse Cathedral: Raking view showing 18th century facade and Greek side columns

Taormina Cathedral: View of facade with fountain in front

Teatro Olimpico: Raking interior view of stage, the scaenae frons

Teatro di San Carlo: View of facade

Temple Augustus, possibly the Forum of Augustus, Rome, Italy

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina: Overall view, showing the church standing behind the columned portico of the temple of Antoninus and Faustina

Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome, Italy

Temple of Concord: Overall view showing facade and right side

Temple of Concord: View of front facade

Temple of Concord: interior view looking out from cella

Temple of Hera Lakinia: Temple of Hera Lakinia

Temple of Hera Lakinia: Temple of Hera Lakinia, exterior

Temple of Minerva, Assisi: Raking view of the temple facade, to the right of the Torre del Popolo

Temple of Portunus: Side and rear view

Temple of Venus and Rome: Overall view, looking up to the temple from the ground level

Temple of Vespasian, Brescia: Overall view

Temple of Vesta: Tourist contemplating the Vestal area

Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar: Overall view

Templum Pacis: View showing streetcar running past the Corinthian columns of the Templum Pacis

Theater of Marcellus: Fragments of the wall of the theater embedded in apartment buildings

Tomb of Caecilia Metella: Overall view, showing fortifications

Tomb of Cardinal Philippe of Alençon, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, Italy

Tomb of Clement VIII, Pauline Chapel: Tomb of Clement VIII in the Pauline Chapel designed by Flaminio Ponzio

Tomb of Julius II: Moses with surrounding niche

Tomb of Julius II: Overall view

Tomb of Pope Sixtus IV: Overall view of the tomb

Topographic views of Ancona: Visible are the Arch of Trajan and at the top of the hill, the Cathedral of San Ciriaco

Torre degli Asinelli: Overall view

Torre della Pallata, Brescia: Overall view, west side of the tower

Tower of Porta Vittoria, Como: Overall view

Town Hall, Monza: Overall view of the south facade with balcony

Trajan's Forum: Overall view with tourists

Trevi Fountain: Overall view of fountain with the facade of Palazzo Poli

Trinità dei Monti: View of the facade and obelisk, looking up the Spanish Steps from the Piazza di Spagna

Triton Fountain: Overall front view

Turin Cathedral: Overall view, showing campanile, facade of the cathedral and Chapel of the Holy Shroud

Turin Cathedral: Raking view of cathedral facade, with Chapel of the Holy Shroud behind

Vatican Museums: Selected Galleries: Gate and fountain, Vatican Gardens

Vatican Museums: Selected Galleries: Interior salon with frescoed ceiling

Vatican Museums: Selected Galleries: Interior salon, audience hall, Papal apartments

Vatican Museums: Selected Galleries: Interior view, sculpture gallery

Vatican Museums: Selected Galleries: Large salon, Vatican Palace

Vatican Museums: Selected Galleries: Papal apartments; the Loggia of Raphael

Verona Cathedral: Exterior detail, south porch-portal attributed to Pelegrinus

Verona Cathedral: Exterior, view of main facade

Verona Cathedral: Interior detail, main chapel with tornacoro by Michele Sanmicheli

Verona Cathedral: Interior detail, main chapel with tornacoro by Michele Sanmicheli

Verona Cathedral: Interior detail, the tomb of Saint Agatha

Vicenza Cathedral: Detail of lower half of facade and right side

Vicenza Cathedral: Overall view, side, facade to the left; cupola and dome on the right

Villa Belvedere, Vatican City, Italy

Villa Carlotta, Cadenabbia: Detail, steps leading down to garden with pond and statuary

Villa Carlotta, Cadenabbia: Interior view, sculpture gallery

Villa Carlotta, Cadenabbia: Overall distant view, showing the villa from Lake Como

Villa Medici, Rome: Overall view

Villa Medici, Rome: Raking view of street facade from Piazza della Trinità dei Monti

Villa Rosazza Di Negro: Overall view

Villa Rotonda: Overall view

Villa d'Este: Fontana della Rometta

Villa d'Este: The Organ Fountain

Villa d'Este: Vista through park allee looking up at water cascade and facade of villa and Ligorio's staircase

Zisa: Exterior view of side staircase and facade