Tre secoli nelle carte storiche di Roma

The present work stems from the study of historical Roman maps, maps of Rome that are artistic masterpieces but also useful documents in retracing the urban, architectonic, social and economic growth in the eternal city. This is just an example of the spatial analysis that can be made with historical maps, which are rich in information and full of important details that can be studied one by one. In this article we have examined the urban changes and the water distribution inside the ancient wall of Rome, using the maps of the XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. Not confining ourselves to the most famous maps such as the work of E. Du Perac, A. Tempesta, G. Maggi and G.B. Falda, we also analyzed those less well-known, but yet useful for achieving our purpose.

Roma offre la possibilità di essere ammirata in numerose rappresentazioni iconografiche. Molte di queste, soprattutto quelle realizzate fino al XV secolo, illustrano le tante forme con cui la città eterna è disegnata: dalle raffigurazioni simboliche dell’impero romano, alla sacralità dello stato pontificio, alla supremazia comunale