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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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