The Map: Rome, 1942

The War Office’s map of cultural treasures in Rome, 1942.

Courtesy BSR Library and Archive Special Collections, John Bryan Ward-Perkins War Damage records, Frick maps.Capital cities, as centres of power and symbols for morale, are obvious targets in war.

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