The Seven Hills of Rome (eBook)

A Geological Tour of the Eternal City

Grant Heiken, Renato Funiciello, Donatella De Rita (Autoren)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
264 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4937-6 (ISBN)

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Grant Heiken is a past president of the International Association of Volcanology. He is the author or co-author of several professional and general-interest books on geology, including Volcanoes: Crucibles of Change (Princeton). Renato Funiciello is Professor of Geology at the University of Roma Tre and Vice President of the National Institute for Geophysics. Donatella De Rita is Professor of Field Geology and the Geology of Volcanic Areas at the University of Roma Tre.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.2013
• Vorwort: Walter Veltroni
• Zusatzinfo: 72 halftones. 19 line illus. 4 tables. 20 maps.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Europa
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Alban Hills • Alluvium • Ancient Roman Architecture • Ancient Rome • Aosta • apennine mountains • Appian Way • Aqua Traiana • Aqua Virgo • Archbasilica of St. John Lateran • Aurelian Walls • Aventine Hill • Basilica • Baths of Agrippa • Baths of Caracalla • Baths of Titus • Baths of Trajan • Borgo (rione of Rome) • Bracciano • Capitoline Hill • Caracalla • Carrara marble • Catacombs • Catacombs of San Sebastiano • Cemetery • Chigi (architecture) • Colosseo (Rome Metro) • Column of Marcus Aurelius • Constantius II • cornice • diocletian • Dominican order • Domus Aurea • Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 • Esquiline Hill • Etruscan Civilization • Final War of the Roman Republic • Forum of Augustus • Frontinus • Gardens of Lucullus • geologist • ignimbrite • Imperial fora • italian peninsula • Janiculum • King of Rome • Lazio • limestone • Marble • Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (consul 189 BC) • Masonry • Maxentius • Monte Amiata • Monte Cavo • Monte Sacro • Monte Testaccio • Monti (rione of Rome) • Mount St. Helens • Norcia • Oppian Hill • Orvieto • Ostia (Rome) • Palace • Palatine Hill • Palazzo Poli • Palazzo Valentini • Pantheon, Rome • Peperino • Piazza Colonna • piazza del popolo • Piazza Navona • Piazza Venezia • Pigna (rione of Rome) • Piramide (Rome Metro) • plaster • Porta San Pancrazio • Pozzolan • Pozzuoli • pyroclastic rock • Quirinal Palace • Richter magnitude scale • Rieti • Roman aqueduct • Roman commerce • Roman Empire • Roman Forum • Roman Roads • Roman senate • Rome • San Carlo ai Catinari • San Giorgio in Velabro • Sant'Agnese in Agone • Santa Maria in Trastevere • Santa Maria sopra Minerva • Sediment • sedimentary rock • Servian Wall • seven hills of Rome • Six Hills • Spoleto • St. Peter's Basilica • Tarpeian Rock • Temple of Antoninus and Faustina • Temple of Cybele (Palatine) • Temple of Portunus • Tiber • Tiber Island • Tomb of Caecilia Metella • Tomb of the Scipios • Torre (Serra da Estrela) • Trajan • Trajan's Column • Trajan's Forum • Trastevere • travertine • Trevi Fountain • Triumphal arch • Tuff • Tufo • Types of volcanic eruptions • Vatican City • Vatican Hill • via Aurelia • Via Condotti • Via dei Fori Imperiali • Via Nazionale (Rome) • Via Tiburtina • Villa Celimontana • Villa Doria Pamphili • Villa Sciarra • Viminal Hill • Vineyard • Viterbo • Vitruvius • Vittorio Emanuele (Rome Metro) • volcanic ash • volcanism • volcano
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4937-3 / 1400849373
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4937-6 / 9781400849376