Subject Guide to Children's Books in Print 2000

By R.R. Bowker

Described as "the perfect Baroque city," the southeastern Sicilian city of Noto was totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1693 and then rebuilt by ambitious citizens eager to match Italian achievements.The Genesis of Nototraces the complex history of Noto's foundation and growth as a grid-planned Renaissance-Baroque utopia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835242382
• ISBN13: 9780835242387
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Rr Bowker Llc
• Weight: 5.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 2.5" x 8.8"