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Aqueduct of the Acqua Vergine
12020-04-10T20:59:43-07:00Avery Freemanb9edcb567e2471c9ec37caa50383522b90999cba228494from Volume 01 of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Opereplain2021-12-19T08:31:03-08:00Internet Archiveimagepiranesi-ia-vol1-016.jpgJeanne Brittone120651dde677d5cf1fd515358b14d86eb289f11
12021-03-30T11:16:09-07:00Aqueduct of the Acqua Vergine5Condotto dell'Acqua Vergineplain2022-09-05T00:34:09-07:00Title: Condotto dell’acqua vergine. Key: A. Monumento di Claudio. B. Investitura di tevolozza fatta agli archi antecedenti e susseguenti allo stesso momento. C. Nuova forma dell’aquedotto innalzata dai moderni cinque palmi dallo speco antico. D. Questo condotto rimane inoggi interrato a livello de capitelli del monumento. Signature: Piranesi Archit[etto]. dis[egnò]. inc[ise].Title: Aqueduct of the Acqua Vergine. Key: A. Monument built by Claudius. B. Exterior layer of tevolozza covering [both] the earlier and later arches, applied in the same period. C. New form of the aqueduct erected by modern builders, five palmi from the ancient water channel. D. Today this water channel remains buried up until the level of the monument’s capitals. Signature: Drawn and engraved by the Architect Piranesi.
