The Transportation of the Vatican Obelisk
Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano
Italian
1590
254 pages
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Domenico Fontana chronicles the monumental task of moving the Vatican Obelisk and reshaping Rome under Pope Sixtus V. Readers will see how Renaissance engineers used math and raw muscle to conquer physical forces that had stood for centuries.
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