Cesare Orlandi

Cesare Orlandi
Picture of Cesare Orlandi, taken from the first volume of his work Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti compendiose notizie (1770-1778)
Born(1734-07-26)July 26, 1734
Died(1779-12-20)December 20, 1779
Perugia
Writing career
LanguageItalian

Cesare Orlandi (Città della Pieve, 26 July 1734 – Perugia, 20 December 1779) was an Italian writer and historian. He was a nobleman of Fermo, Atri and Città della Pieve, and he's known only for his work Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti [sic] compendiose notizie (1770-1778), which contains comprehensive details and high-quality landscape views of many Italian cities (a landscape view is attached at the beginning of each section and for each city). It was published in volumes over almost a decade (1770-1778). He is likely to be the "Abatte Cesare Orlandi" who edited and published an edition of Cesare Ripa's "Iconology" in 1764, which contains a portrait.[citation needed]

The work was unfinished at his death in 1779, and the Italian cities covered in his work span from letter A (Volume I) to letter C (Volume V). The work is often a valuable source of information about the structure, architecture, history and social organization of many Italian cities up to the XVIII century.

A picture taken from Cesare Orlandi's work, a landscape view of Altamura

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "ORLANDI, Cesare in "Dizionario Biografico"".
  2. ↑ It is written at the bottom of the drawing on first page of volume I of his book Delle città d'Italia
  3. ↑ volume I
  4. ↑ C. Orlandi - Volume I
  5. ↑ C. Orlandi - Volume V