GARDENS OF THE VATICAN, THE
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- EAN: 9780711229709
- ISBN: 978-0-7112-2970-9
- Editorial: FRANCES LINCOLN LIMITED
- Año de la edición: 2009
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 26 X 29 cm.
- Páginas: 160
- Materias:
jardinería
historia, estilos en jardinería
italia: arquitectura y arte
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Twenty-seven years in the making, The Gardens of the Vatican is a private photographic tour of eight centuries of 'green thoughts in a green shade'. The several gardens in the Vatican territory reflect the history of gardens in general. In addition to the Persian-influenced quadrant gardens of the Teuton Cemetery and the Secret garden, adorned with lemon-trees in pots, there are gardens in the Italian, French and English styles. The book is rich in anecdote and detail: Pope John XXIII liked to ramble along the pathways and chat with the gardeners. His predecessor Pius XII wanted solitude, so the gardeners were obliged to hide. There is a fragment of the Berlin Wall, a Chinese pavilion given by the Catholics of that country, and a gnarled old olive tree transplanted from Gethsemane in the Holy Land.