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Canina, Luigi (1795-1856)
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Topographic map of the middle part of Ancient Rome. Large scale map of the archeological ruins in Rome by Luigi Canina, an Italian architect and archeologist, whose work provides an important view of the condition of the city and ancient artifacts in the mid-nineteenth century. This is the smaller version of Canina's large map of ancient Rome, surrounded by 157 fragments of Severiana plan, a huge plan dating back to the emperor Septimius Severus (193-211), discovered in 1562 behind the church of St. Cosmas and Damian in the Forum Roman. The fragments of the Severiana plan are shown as shadows this map, the fragments are identified. See our 11228.000 for the larger map edition. Luigi Canina, an architect and archaeologist, born in Casale Monferrato on Oct. 23, 1795, died in Florence on October 17, 1856. He studied in Turin with Ferdinando Bonsignore.
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