totalview,
view from campus martius
colisseum view,
view from the temple of jupiter, optimus Maximus
the map was commissioned by Mussolini in 1933, and the plaster model was created by archaeologist Italo Gismondi, who worked on the piece throughout his life. The initial core of the scale model was completed for a large exhibition celebrating the 2,000th anniversary of the death of Augustus! In the 1950s; it was installed permanently in the Museum of Roman Civilization, with Gismondi continuing to expand the model up until 1971.
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