William Stanley Haseltine - Morning LIght, Roman Campagna

The Roman Campagna () is a low-lying area surrounding

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in the

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region of central

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, with an area of approximately . It is bordered by the Tolfa and Sabatini mountains to the north, the Alban Hills to the southeast, and the

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to the southwest. The rivers

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and Aniene run through the area.

History

During the Ancient Roman period, it was an important agricultural and residential area, but it was abandoned during the

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due to

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and insufficient water supplies for farming needs. The pastoral beauty of the Campagna inspired the painters who flocked into Rome in the 18th and 19th centuries. During that time, the Campagna became the most painted landscape in Europe (see Gallery below). An excursion into the Roman countryside was an essential part of the

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. The region was reclaimed in the 19th and 20th centuries for use in mixed farming, and new settlements have been built. Starting with the 1950s, the expansion of Rome destroyed large parts of the Campagna, all around the city. The only continuous green area where the natural resources of the region were saved from overbuilding is along the

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Gallery

File:Massimo d'Azeglio - Campagne romaine.jpg, By Massimo d'Azeglio File:Johann Wilhelm Schirmer - Campagne romaine.jpg, By Johann Wilhelm Schirmer File:Schirmer, Heranziehendes Gewitter.jpg, By Johann Wilhelm Schirmer File:Jacques Sablet - Portrait de Conrad Gessner.jpg, By

Jacques Sablet Jacques-Henri Sablet (1749–1803) was a French painter, part of a family of artists of Swiss origin. Sablet was born in Lausanne. He studied with his father, the painter and picture dealer Jacob Sablet (1720–1798), before moving to Paris i ...

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Gabriel Perelle Gabriel Perelle (born 1604 in Vernon, Eure, died 1677 in Paris) was a French draftsman and printmaker of topographic views and landscapes. A pupil of Simon Vouet, Perelle specialized in classical landscapes not dissimilar to those of Francisque M ...

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Thomas Cole Thomas Cole was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement. Cole is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter. He was known for his romantic landscape and history painti ...

File:George Inness - In the Roman Campagna.jpg, By George Inness File:Karel Dujardin - Landscape in the Roman Campagna.jpg, By Karel Dujardin File:Markó campagna.jpg, By

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, ''A Scene in the Roman Campagna'', 1736 File:Goethe in der Campagna (Grabmal).jpg, By Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein File:Goethe in der Campagna (Ruinen).jpg, By Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein File:Behles, Edmund (1841-1924) - n. 79 - Acquedotti nella Campagna di Roma.jpg, By Edmund Behles File:Wilhelm Oswald Gustav Achenbach, Abendstimmung in der Campagna.jpg, By Wilhelm Oswald Gustav Achenbach File:Franz Ludwig Catel (1778 - 1856), Aussicht von Ariccia gegen das Meer.jpg, By Franz Ludwig Catel File:Franz Nadorp Campagnalandschaft.jpg, By Franz Nadorp File:Claude Lorrain 032.jpg, By Claude Lorrain File:Claude Lorrain 031.jpg, By Claude Lorrain File:Tusculum Amphitheatre.jpg, By Thomas Worthington Whittredge, ''The Amphitheatre of Tusculum and Albano Mountains, Rome'', 1860 File:Joseph Wright of Derby. The Convent of San Cosimato c.1786.jpg, By

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Sources

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