La Rome des Savoie après l’Unité

‘Un’aiuola fioritissima, i cui mirabili e svariati fiori si alternano e si succedono senza interruzione’. Ersilia Caetani-Lovatelli’s fin de siècle (intellectual) networking and (its) politics

“…75 At the same time the Eternal City should also be able to compete with other modern European capitals including Paris, Vienna and Berlin. 76 After 1871 large construction projects were thus initiated by the national authorities, often contradicting the wishes of the city and Church authorities. They planned a new railway station, government buildings, grand boulevards and completely new neighbourhoods to house the new citizens.…”