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Write to <a href="mailto:romapip@quipo.it">romapip@quipo.it</a>.<p class="stacco"> <a href="New.htm"><img class="displayed" src="Newnuovo.jpg" title="See the most recent additions to this website" height=135 width=180></a> <p class="stacco"><a href="superind.html"><img class="displayed" src="Sitemap.jpg" height=135 width=180 title="See a detailed list of this website pages"></a></p> <p class="stacco">Notes:<p class="stacco">Page revised in November 2020. </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"><div class="boxed"><a href="Books.html"> <img src="Minivas2.jpg" width=220 height=120 title="Vasi at work"></a><em><strong><span> Book 2 - The Main Squares</span><br>   (Vasi at work in the <a href="Aev4.htm">Grand View of Rome</a>)</em> <p><p class="stacco"> <img class="displayed" SRC="Book2.jpg" style="border:5px solid DarkGoldenRod" title="Allegory of Rome" height=390 width=730> <em><h2><a href="Vasi21.htm#The Plate">Piazza del Popolo</a> in a small etching in the opening page of Book 2</h2></em> <p class="stacco"> <a href="Vasi21.htm">Plate 21 - Piazza del Popolo (F/1)</a><br> <a href="Vasi21a.htm">Plate 21 ii - Obelisco cavato di sotto le ruine</a><br> <a href="Vasi22.htm">Plate 22 - Piazza Colonna (G/5)</a><br> <a href="Vasi23.html">Plate 23 - Piazza di Monte Citorio (F/5)</a><br> <a href="Vasi24.html">Plate 24 - Piazza di Pietra (G/5)</a><br> <a href="Vasi25.htm">Plate 25 - Piazza della Rotonda (F/5)</a><br> <a href="Vasi25a.htm">Plate 25 ii - Piazza Crescenzi (F/5)</a><br> <a href="Vasi26na.html">Plate 26 - Piazza Navona (E/5)</a><br> <a href="Vasi26a.htm">Plate 26 ii - Piazza di Pasquino (E/6)</a><br> <a href="Vasi27.htm">Plate 27 - Piazza di S. Pietro in Vaticano (C/4)</a><br> <a href="Vasi28.html">Plate 28 - Campo dei Fiori (E/6)</a><br> <a href="Vasi28a.htm">Plate 28 ii - Piazza di Pescaria (F/7)</a><br> <a href="Vasi29.html">Plate 29 - Piazza Giudia (F/7)</a><br> <a href="Vasi30.htm">Plate 30 - Piazza Montanara (G/7)</a><br> <a href="Vasi31.htm">Plate 31 - Parte di Campo Vaccino verso il Campidoglio (H/7)</a><br> <a href="Vasi32.html">Plate 32 - Parte di Campo Vaccino verso l'Arco di Tito (H/8)</a><br> <a href="Vasi33.htm">Plate 33 - Piazza del Colosseo (I/8)</a><br> <a href="Vasi34.html">Plate 34 - Piazza laterale di S. Giovanni in Laterano (L/9)</a><br> <a href="Vasi35.htm">Plate 35 - Piazza di Termini (J/4)</a><br> <a href="Vasi35b.html">Plate 35 ii - Piazza delle Quattro Fontane (I/4)</a><br> <a href="Vasi36.html">Plate 36 - Piazza Barberini (I/4)</a><br> <a href="Vasi35a.htm">Plate 36 ii - Piazza di Macel de' Corvi (H/6)</a><br> <a href="Vasi37.htm">Plate 37 - Piazza alli Monti (I/7)</a><br> <a href="Vasi38.html">Plate 38 - Piazza di Colonna Trajana (H/6)</a><br> <a href="Vasi39.htm">Plate 39 - Piazza S. Marco (G/6)</a><br> <a href="Vasi40.html">Plate 40 - Piazza di Spagna (G/3)</a><br> (the combination of letter/number shown next to each plate refers to the clickable map of 1912 Rome here below; O.o.m.=out of map; see the map in <a href="Book5.html">Book 5</a>) <p class="stacco"> <img class="displayed" SRC="Mappiazz.jpg" usemap="#Mappiazz.jpg" title="Books 1 and 2" height=471 width=620 style="border:5px solid DarkGoldenRod"> <MAP NAME="Mappiazz.jpg"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" coords="242,19,256,39" href="Vasi01.htm" title="Porta del Popolo"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" coords="350,41,367,63" href="Vasi02.htm" title="Porta Pinciana"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" coords="440,25,457,44" href="Vasi03.htm" title="Porta Salaria"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" coords="473,44,491,67" href="Vasi04.htm" title="Porta Pia"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" coords="529,114,557,133" href="Vasi05.htm" title="Porta Chiusa"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" coords="507,68,576,110" href="Vasi05a.htm" title="Mura dell'Antico Castro Pretorio"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" coords="550,185,583,211" href="Vasi06.htm" title="Porta S. 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Marco"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" coords="295,96,319,116" href="Vasi40.html" title="Piazza di Spagna"> </MAP> <h2><em>Clickable map which shows also in black the plates of Book 1 - The Gates and the Walls of Rome </em></h2> <p class="stacco"> <a href="Books.html">Introductory page</a> and other Books:<br>   <a href="Book1.html">Book 1</a>: The Gates and the Walls<br>   <a href="Book3.html">Book 3</a>: The Basilicas and the Old Churches<br>   <a href="Book4.html">Book 4</a>: The Most Famous Palaces and Streets<br>   <a href="Book5.html">Book 5</a>: The Bridges and the Buildings on the Tiber<br>   <a href="Book6.html">Book 6</a>: The Parish Churches<br>   <a href="Book7.html">Book 7</a>: The Friaries<br>   <a href="Book8.html">Book 8</a>: The Nunneries<br>   <a href="Book9.html">Book 9</a>: The Colleges, the Hospitals and other religious buildings<br> <a href="Book10.html">Book 10</a>: The most remarkable Villas and Gardens <br><br> </div> </div> <div id="footer"><div class="boxed"><p class="stacco"><h2>Other pages/sections which might be of interest to you:</h2>                                      <a href="Obelisks.html"><img src="Miniobel.jpg" width=220 height=120 title="The Obelisks"></a><a href="Umbereco.html"><img src="Minihist.jpg" width=220 height=120 title="Abridged History of Rome"></a><a href="Streets.html"><img src="Ministre.jpg" width=220 height=120 title="The Streets of Rome"></a><h2>See you at another page of this website!</h2></p></div></div></body> </HTML>