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a) A section of the strada della Valle as depicted in Nolli's map; b) Example of a path that involves passing through a courtyard of a building in piazza Navona (base map: Nuova Topografia di Roma).

a) A section of the strada della Valle as depicted in Nolli's map; b) Example of a path that involves passing through a courtyard of a building in piazza Navona (base map: Nuova Topografia di Roma).

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Figure 1: a) A section of the strada della Valle as depicted in Nolli's...
Figure 2: Result of the vectorization of all analysed paths by GIS...
Figure 3: a) List of ten paths of private citizens passing through a...
Figure 4: a) Vectorized paths around piazza della Rotonda; b)...
+1 Figure 5: Heatmap of ceremonial paths (14) of the 18th century (base...
Ago, Renata, and Domizia D’Erasmo. 2021. ‘Analysis of Urban Mobility in 18th Century Rome: A Research Approach through GIS Platform’. In ArcheoFOSS XIV 2020. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference 15-17 October 2020, edited by Julian Bogdani, Riccardo Montalbano, and Paolo Rosati, 44–54. Archaeopress Archaeology. Archaeopress
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  • Jan 2021
The Geographic Information System (GIS) has been commonly used to analyse and elaborate the big data of urban mobility in modern cities. At the same time a range of studies has been utilizing it to examine various kinds of movements in old times, especially those on a large territorial scale. This article aims to highlight the use of GIS in the stu...
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... with the analysis of the tales of the chronicler of that time, is possible to highlight further details: a huge machine was brought to the procession that needed more than sixty men to support it. The chronicler also mentions that when the brothers passed through the strada della Valle (Figure 1a), there were great difficulties in transporting the device, and to make it pass had to turn it to one side (Ago 2021). This procession was not the only one to use with such devices. ...
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... reported a starting point, intermediate points, and an end point. Where there was a lack of information regarding the roads taken to get from point A to point B, alleys and side entrances in the courtyards of the buildings were favored (Figure 1b). The nature of this choice is dictated by the movements of all these men and women. ...