The love of Italy /
Italy, 'the spring of western civilization,' is as fascinating today as it has always been, and both its modern and traditional aspects are the subject of this book. All that has made Italy famous, and host to countless numbers of visitors - its masterpieces of antiquity, its Renaissance a...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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[New York] :
Crescent Books,
1980
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Summary: | Italy, 'the spring of western civilization,' is as fascinating today as it has always been, and both its modern and traditional aspects are the subject of this book. All that has made Italy famous, and host to countless numbers of visitors - its masterpieces of antiquity, its Renaissance art and architecture, its magnificent scenery of mountain, coast and plain, the food and wine, the vitality of the people - all this and more is captured in the informative text and color photographs |
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Item Description: | Includes index |
Physical Description: | 93 p. : col. ill. ; 33 cm |
ISBN: | 0517305631 |