Ruins

NOTES: This image is one of many taken by Ivy de Wolfe, the pseudonym of Hazel de Cronin Hastings, of Italian subjects. Many of these appeared in the book 'The Italian Townscape' by Ivor de Wolfe (London, Architectural Press, 1963).

NOTES: These are the two oldest bridges in Rome, the Ponte Rotto which dates from the 2nd century BC and the Ponte Fabrici which dates from 62 BC.

NOTES: It was converted into a palace in the 16th century by Baldassare Peruzzi, who built the facade into the curved exterior.