Antonio Nibby (October 4, 1792 at

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– December 29, 1839 at

) was an Italian

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and topographer. Nibby was a critic of the history of ancient art and from 1812 in service to the

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worked to excavate the monuments of

. He also served as a secretary to Louis Bonaparte, Count of Saint-Leu. He was a professor of archaeology in the University of Rome and in the

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. For a few years Nibby worked together with the British archaeologist

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and together they published a study on the walls of Rome in 1820. They had plans of publishing a study on the topography of the Roman Campagna, but they ended up publishing separately. Nibby excavated in the area of the

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from 1827, and cleared the Cloaca Maxima in 1829. He was an expert in the topography of Rome and its hinterland.

Bibliography

*1819. ''Viaggio antiquatio nei dintorni di Roma''. * 1819. ''Che contiene il viaggio a Frascati, Tusculo, Algido, Grottoferrato, alle valle Ferentina, al lago Albano, ad Alba, Aricia, Nemi, Lanavio, Cora, Anzio, Lacinio, Ardea, Ostia, Laurentia e Porto.'' (Rome). *1820. ''Le Mura di Roma disegnate da Sir W. Gell, illustrate con testo note da A. Nibby''. (Rome). *1825. ''Il tempio della Fortuna Prenestina ristaurato da Costantino Thon''. (Rome). *1827. ''A map of the Rome's surroundings with the comments and an historical /topographical analysis of ancient Rome''. *1830. ''Itinerario di Roma e delle sue vicinanze / compilato da Antonio Nibby secondo il methodo del Vasi''. (Rome). *1837. ''Analisi storico-topografico-antiquaria della carta de' Dintorni di Roma'' (Rome), 3 vols. * ''Roma nell'anno 1838'', 4 vols.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nibby, Antonio Italian archaeologists Classical archaeologists 1792 births 1839 deaths Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome Topography of the ancient city of Rome Italian topographers 19th-century Italian cartographers People from the Papal States