Rione X Campitelli in Roma in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)
Veduta di Campo Vaccino / View of Campo Vaccino
1757, From Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
In this print, Piranesi thrusts before the viewer all the majesty and ruin of the monumental center of ancient Rome. Every corner of the area that would later become Campo Vaccino is animated by tiny wayfarers, scholars, shepherds, "junk" hunters, excavators, "milords" and peaceful cattle stopping for a drink. Triumphal arches, columns, ancient temples and modern churches form a proscenium and are at the same time the subjects of a view that shows them in all their magnificence and ruin, monumental and semi-submerged in the earth, assaulted by vegetation and eroded by time. Piranesi's analytical topographic description of the monuments is as attentive as his technique is sophisticated, alternating crisp highlights with soft, dark shadows within a perspective framework that is nothing short of masterful.
Erected by Il Parco di Piranesi.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music.
Location. 41° 53.557′ N, 12° 29.047′ E. Marker is in Roma, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is in Rione X Campitelli. Marker is on Via Sacra. The marker is located south of the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Roma, Lazio 00186, Italy. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Tempio di Vespasiano / Temple of Vespasian (a few steps from this marker); Tempio della Concordia / Temple of Concord (a few steps from this marker); Tempio di Saturno / Temple of Saturn (a few steps from this marker); Miliarium Aureum / Golden Milestone (a few steps from this marker); Veduta del Tempio Detto della Concordia / View of the So-called Temple of Concord (within shouting distance of this marker); Portico Degli dei Consenti / Portico of the Harmonious Gods (within shouting distance of this marker); Vico Iugario / Vicus Iugarius (within shouting distance of this marker); Volcanal (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roma.
More about this marker. The marker is located in the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo (Roman Forum Archaeological Park) and it does require an entry fee to visit. The phrase Campo Vaccino means Cow Pasture.
Also see . . . Parco Archeologico del Colosseo. Roma Turismo (Submitted on August 25, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 41 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 25, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.