
All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to romapip@quipo.it.
Notes:
Page revised in October 2020.
All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to romapip@quipo.it.
Notes:
Page revised in October 2020.
The view is made up of 12 (6x2) very large plates to be tiled pasted.
In this site it is split into 72 sections: 12 numbers from left
to right (1-12) for the width and 6 letters (A-F) for
the height. You may wish to compare Vasi's view with his 1781 Map or with a
view from S. Pietro in Montorio (very close to the point from which this
view was taken) of the end of the XIXth century, or to an actual view from Villa Lanti only a hundred yards from that point.
The Grand View in my living room
Clickable photo of the Grand View leading to 72 sections
The sections of row "A" show only sky and clouds.
Row "B" sections:
B1 - Caprarola
B2 - La Storta
B3 - Monte Soratte
B4 - Monti Parioli
B5 - Monte Rotondo
B6 - Villa Borghese
B7 - Quirinale
B8 - S. Maria Maggiore
B9 - S. Croce in Gerusalemme
B10 - Frascati
B11 - Rocca di Papa
B12 - Castel Gandolfo
Row "C" sections:
C1 - Cupola di S. Pietro
C2 - Palazzo del Belvedere
C3 - Borgo
C4 - Castel Sant'Angelo
C5 - Porto di Ripetta
C6 - Piazza Navona
C7 - S. Andrea della Valle
C8 - Campidoglio
C9 - Isola Tiberina
C10 - S. Sabina
C11 - Mura di Roma
C12 - Testaccio
Row "D" sections:
D1 - S. Onofrio
D2 - Piazza di S. Pietro
D3 - S. Spirito in Sassia
D4 - S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini
D5 - Carceri Nuove
D6 - S. Eligio degli Orefici
D7 - Palazzo Farnese
D8 - Ponte Sisto
D9 - La Renella
D10 - S. Maria in Trastevere
D11 - S. Pietro in Montorio
D12 - Acqua Paola
Row "E" sections showing monuments:
E6 - Orti di Trastevere
E7 - Giardino di Palazzo Corsini
E10 - S. Maria dei Sette Dolori
The sections of row "F" contain a list of the monuments shown in the view.
From each section you can then reach Vasi's etchings showing the monuments of that section.
The Grand View at Piazzale del Gianicolo, near Monumento a Giuseppe Garibaldi
The Grand View of Rome was accompanied by:
1765 Grand View of Campo Vaccino
1765 Grand View of Vatican City
1771 Grand View of the Aventine Hill
1771 Grand View of the Tribune of S. Maria Maggiore.