Marco Aurelio - Campidoglio Roma

Picture by mau67


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  • December 29, 2011
  • Canon 1000D
  • Shooting Style Tripod
  • Shoots Number Multiple Exposure
  • Exposures Number -2-0-+2
  • Editing Software Photomatix Pro / Photoshop
  • File Format RAW
  • Notes
roma italy architecture city old

13 Comments

29 Dec 12:12
mau67

The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is the only equestrian statue of the classical era to contemporary integrates come. The statue was erected in 176 A.D. its original location and there are several hypotheses, some saying she was in the Roman Forum, Piazza Colonna others where there was the dynastic temple surrounding the Antonine column. For sure is that in the eighth century, the statue was moved to the Lateran and then be re-mobilized by Paul III in 1538 was settled on the hill since the city authorities since 1143. The statue was saved from the merger due to the erroneous attribution to the emperor Constantine the first Christian emperor, and was called "Constantini caballus", it must be remembered that in the Middle Ages, the intrinsic value of the bronze statues was remarkable and profits from the sale of the huge metal. In 1539 Michelangelo decided the exact location of the statue, and so became the reference point of the square. In 1979, a bomb attack at the nearby Palace of the Senate damaged the marble base of the statue. The investigations ordered that time acknowledge the presence of cracks on the legs of the horse and a serious corrosion process on the whole surface [1] in which it was decided that the statue was restored and preserved for future generations. Restoration work began in January 1981 at the Central Institute of Restoration. The statue was never placed in the Piazza del Campidoglio was instead replaced by a reproduction made ​​with the laser.

29 Dec 13:13
inkslinger

Another great post, if I was being critical I would have cropped or deleted the people in Photoshop by the content aware tool. Still deserves a 10....

29 Dec 13:30
agha

wonderful

29 Dec 14:34
pandarino

il processo è grande, forse non è al top l'inquadratura

29 Dec 14:38
trairao

Concordo con Leonardo sulla composizione.Il processo non si discute.

29 Dec 14:40
ruhri

You are so lucky to live in a city with all these great buildings ...

29 Dec 14:45
rcuello

Great job.

29 Dec 15:42
vtrou

nice POV

29 Dec 16:10
mirkkis74

I think this is better than the previous image on this subject!

29 Dec 18:31
susank

Dramatic and wonderful!

29 Dec 20:33
digicam

Superb

29 Dec 20:46
karl_oparka

Nice composition.

29 Dec 20:46
k.pett

lovely:-)

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