Northern Lazio: An Unknown Italy [Hardcover]

Wayland Kennet (Author), Elizabeth Young (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1991

Between Tuscany and Rome, between the river Tiber and the Mediterranean, lies a part of Italy known as Northern Lazio. The authors provide a guide to this region - its people, history, food, tradition and folklore. Originally the land of the Etruscans, some of their vast engineering works can still be seen. The region includes the Campagna of ancient Rome and St Peter's Patrimony - the first of the lands that brought worldly power to the Papacy. There are also a great many churches, castles, villas, paintings, sculptures and gardens.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd (April 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0719546435
• ISBN-13: 978-0719546433
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,138,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful coverage of a great part of Italy, July 11, 2000

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Stavros Macrakis (Cambridge, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Northern Lazio: An Unknown Italy (Hardcover)

This book is obviously a labor of love. The authors know the area well, and in detail. They appreciate all the layers of culture, from prehistoric through Etruscan and ancient Roman right down to modern life. I spent a week bicycling in Lazio using this guide, and was never disappointed. In addition, you will want to have a good map (e.g. the TCI 1:200,000 map) and perhaps a restaurant guide if eating well is important to you.

This is a plain print book, with few illustrations or diagrams, but with a useful table to help you find places that interest you (e.g. Renaissance gardens).

A pity it's out of print.