The Gallery of Maps: English Language Edition

by Antonio Paolucci

The Gallery of the Geographical Maps is one hundred and twenty metres long and represents one of the most fascinating areas within the Vatican Museums. In 1581 the then Pontiff, Pope Gregory XIII, commissioned the famous cosmographer, geographer and mathematician of the time, Ignazio Danti, to manage the ambitious project of depicting the entire Italian peninsula along the gallery walls. The friar was joined in the Capital by a well-known group of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8882711102
• ISBN13: 9788882711108
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: International Publishers Marketing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.