Luigi Canina
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Luigi Canina was an Italian archaeologist and architect. Together with Giuseppe Valadier, he was a leading figure of archaeologically correct Neoclassicism in early-19 century Rome. He was the second
Monumento to Luigi Canina by Benedetto Cacciatori, 1865, Casale Monferrato
Villa Borghese: monumental entrance from Piazzale Flaminio
Tusculum
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Tusculum was an ancient Roman city in the Alban Hills, in the Latium region of Italy. Tusculum was most famous in Roman times for the many great and luxurious patrician country villas sited close to t
Luigi Canina
…in 1834; excavations on the Esquiline Hill, 1848–50), Canina was named Commissario alle Antichità di Roma and appointed director of the excavations at Tusculum and Veii. In the latter post he succeeded Luigi Biondi (1776–1839), with whom he had collaborated since 1825. A column opposite the basilica of Saint…
Archaeological park of Tusculum
Via Labicana (red) via Latina (blue) roads from Rome
Model of upper town (1904)
Roman theatre of Tusculum