Nuovissima Pianta di Roma Monumentale

This beautiful perspective plan of monumental Rome made by cartographer Augusto Trabacchi for publisher Augusto Corsi offers a very interesting overview and at the same time detailed view of the capital.
In the center of the view, the vertical axis of Via del Corso – then called “Corso Umberto I” – has been enlarged to give it greater prominence and immediately guide the viewer’s eye to Piazza del Popolo below and Piazza Venezia above, where the new Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali already stands out. The Tiber meanders elegantly in the background and, with the same clarity, the lines of the electric tramways appear in red, while a hatching marks the routes of the horse-drawn omnibuses, suggesting a picture of urban mobility undergoing rapid development. To the left and above shown are the “Signs and Fares of the Tramwai-Electric Lines,” indicating the cost of the ride.
The large representation presents a fine and precise stroke that makes it possible to identify the streets, squares and main monuments-from the Colosseum to Castel Sant’Angelo, from St. Peter’s to the Pantheon-that emerge thanks also to a successful color combination that well highlights urban areas, green spaces and waterways.
Surprising is the absence of any reference to the 1911 International Exhibition: in fact, the depiction stops on Viale delle Milizie, without going further toward the Flaminio district and the exhibition site. In the lower left corner, on a striking red background frame, emerges the Capitoline She-Wolf, eternal symbol of the city, with the inscription “Pvbblicata da Avgsto Corsi Roma,” while the author’s signature “Aug. Trabacchi, dis.” stands out in the opposite margin. Published at the lithographic establishment of P. Casetti around 1911.