The First Photographs Ever Taken in Rome, Italy (1841-1871) Gioacchino Altobelli & The Old World

Today we will be diving into a collection of over 50 photographs, considered to be the first photographs ever taken depicting the ancient monuments and fallen structures of Rome, Italy.

All roads lead to Rome, and in this photographic compilation we will focus on images dated as early as 1841, through photographs taken in approximately 1870.

A majority of these images come to us by way of Gioacchino Altobelli, an Italian painter, who moved to Rome in 1830 to perfect his craft, only to fall in love with the new technology of photography. These are the oldest photographs we currently know exist of Rome. The Old World images today are absolutely stunning - Enjoy, and please share this video!
Topics discussed today;

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gioacchino_Altobelli

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Gioacchino+altobeli&title=Special%3AMediaSearch (collection of Altobelli’s photographs with labels)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Rome

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