Roman Forum from hill, Italy, 1909 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Roman Forum from hill, Italy, 1909. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Roman Forum from hill (short one)
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Roman Forum from hill, Italy, 1909
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The Roman Forum in 1909 was a field of half-excavated ruins sitting in the middle of a modern city. Rome had become the capital of a unified Italy only about 40 years earlier, in 1871, and the government was pushing new boulevards, ministries and housing into the city while archaeologists uncovered temples, arches and paving from antiquity. Excavation of the Forum had been underway since the 1800s, and visitors arriving by train or tram could walk among broken columns that tourists and scholars were still debating how to interpret. For Romans, the view from the surrounding hills took in both the ancient monuments and the fast-growing modern capital around them.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | moffett studio |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Italy |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,375 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Roman Forum from hill (short one) |
| Reference | ITALY Roman Forum from hill 1909 |
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