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For Italian city builders more than a thousand years ago, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the place where society said the most substantial things about who they were and what they longed for. In this masterful blend of art and cultural... read more

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First Sentence

Aeneas, refugee from Troy and mythical pater of the Roman people, founded his first Latin city, Alba Longa, on the site of the current Albano Laziale in the hills above Rome.

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  1. David Mayernik (Author)

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  1. history
  2. italy 
 

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