In the lap of the gods

By Robert Elwall 2003-08-27T00:00:00

Source: Edwin Smith / RIBA Library Photographs Collection

One could be forgiven for thinking this was some sort of 20th century Daliesque creation, but we are in the sacro bosco of Bomarzo in central Italy, created by by Pier Francesco Orsini in the latter half of the 16th century at a time when, as the layout of the ...

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