Palazzi of Rome Author:Carlo Cresti, Claudio Rendina This comprehensive photographic documentation of Roman villas and palaces not only showcases images of the grand houses of the popes and the nobles of the city, but presents them in their historical framework. The brilliant photographs capture the buildings in their full grandeur and exquisiteness. They lead readers past magnificently decorated... more » facades and guide them through festively decorated halls and artfully arranged gardens.« less