Mapping Rome

Description:

This collection of digitized cartographic and historic data pertains to the city of Rome, Italy. Included within are assets such as the “Nolli Map” (La Pianta Grande di Roma) of 1748. Associated with this map are a number of related cartographic assets: (a) 1320 indexed sites or “Nolli Points,” which are numerical keys associated with specific sites in the city; (b) the polygonal outlines of buildings on Nolli’s map; (c) the polygonal outlines of landscape features such as vineyards, parks, villas found on Nolli’s map; (d) the polygonal outlines of the historical neighborhoods of Rome, known as rioni; and (e) the polygonal outline of the Tiber River flowing through the city.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ch870zh6792

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ch870zh6792

Creator:

Tice, James, Steiner, Erik, Ceen, Allan, Svevo, Giovanni, and Camerlenghi, Nicola

Publisher:

Spatial History Project. Stanford University. Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Urbanism, Land use, Buildings, Streets, and Disabitato

Temporal Coverage:

18th century

Date Issued:

2021

Spatial Coverage:

Rome (Italy), Vatican City, Italy, and Europe

Access Rights:

Public