Casa di Rienzi, Rome
Not on view
Taken from the portico of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis, this photograph shows the Casa di Rienzi (now called the Casa dei Crescenzi), built about 1100 from classical spolia and medieval copies of ancient ornament. For travelers on the Grand Tour, Rome was the ultimate destination-the central locus of classical civilization-and the way its layered history was embedded within the city's modern life made for fascinating pictures.
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