1st Edition
The Allied Bombing of Central Italy The Restoration of the Nile Mosaic and Sanctuary of Fortuna at Palestrina
By Teresa Fava Thomas
Copyright 2024
196 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Allied Bombing of Central Italy examines the results of the Second World War Allied bombing campaign on Palestrina and Rome, Italy, and the long-term impact of the war on the mountainside town and on the Barberini family's art collection including the Nile Mosaic. It explores the history and cultural significance of Palestrina, its strategic setting, the recovery of the town, the... Read more
1. The Nile Mosaic and the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia 2. Fascism, Romanità, and the Barberini: Struggle for Control of the Nile Mosaic 3. Fascism Comes to Palestrina: War on the Ground 4. The Italian Origins of Airpower Theory 5. The Reality of Bombing Palestrina 6. Monuments Men on the Road to Rome: Deane Keller and Fred Hartt 7. The Saint in the Rubble: to Rebuild or Restore Palestrina? 8. The Return Flight of the Nile Mosaic to the Sanctuary of Fortuna 9. Epilogue
Biography
Professor Teresa Fava Thomas, Ph.D. teaches at Fitchburg State University (Massachusetts). Her research interest is modern Italy. She has published: The Reluctant Migrants: Migration from the Italian Veneto, and American Arabists, as well as "Italian Diaspora in a Massachusetts Mill Town: Migration between Palestrina, Italy and Southbridge, Massachusetts" (2021).
