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Books about Rome and Central Italy / Abruzzo
Paradoxplace Rome Photo Galleries
This Blue Guide is an outstanding example of the publisher's tradition of informed and complete information on historical buildings (particularly churches) and art.
A super coffee table book published for the 2000 Jubilee Year - now only available second hand.
Another very reasonably priced Könemann coffee table masterwork
Above: Catalogue for the magnificent and very undervisited collection of Etruscan artefacts at the Villa Giulia
Right: An English description, though the word "fragment" is a bit of an understatement !
More coffee table sized books
An unusual book about the life and times of the church of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura
The first road - from Rome to Brindisi - great photos in this medium sized coffee table book.
The quality of D H Lawrence's writing enabled him to parlay less than a week in Tuscany into a reputation as an "Etruscan Expert"
A complete and beautifully illustrated history of Monte Cassino, get hold of the outstanding 1987 English translation by Armand Citerella of the book "Monte Cassino" by Tommaso Leccisotti who presided for many years over the great archives of the Abbey, which were mercifully saved from destruction.
The top half of the cover of a superbly illustrated coffee table sized book about Saint Benedict's first monastery near Subiaco, available from the bookshop at the monastery.
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