Rome: City of Gardens
$134.89
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
The first book to celebrate the Eternal City’s exquisite gardens, from ancient times to modern day
Rome is – and always has been – a city of gardens. Since ancient times, the Italian city’s green hills, from the imperial Palatine to the rural Janiculum, have been covered with ornamental gardens, orchards, and groves.
Rome: City of Gardens invites readers to explore three ‘golden ages’ of Roman horticulture through twenty-three intriguing outdoor space…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781580937214 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1580937217 |
| Author: | Gregory Long, Matteo Carassale, Alessandra Vinciguerra |
| Publisher: | Monacelli Press |
| Imprint: | Monacelli Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 318mm |
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Gregory Long
Gregory Long is president emeritus of the New York Botanical Garden and a consultant on strategic planning for multiple international cultural institutions. A lifelong admirer of Rome, he has been immersed in studying the gardens in and around the city as a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome. Long is the author of Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley and Rescue and Revival: The New York Botanical Garden 1989–2018 and the editor of The New York Botanical Garden, a commemorative monograph to celebrate its centennial.
Matteo Carassale is a well-known interiors and landscape photographer whose work is frequently published in Marie Claire Maison Italy and other major international publications. He is a contributing photographer to La Foce: Paradise in Tuscany and Gardens and Landscapes: Ten Spaces of Beauty.
Alessandra Vinciguerra is director of horticulture at the American Academy in Rome and the director of the Walton garden, La Mortella, at Ischia.
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