Architectural symbolism of Imperial Rome and the Middle Ages

Description:

"An investigation of a group of architectural features, all directly or indirectly related to the city-gate and palace entrance, and the ceremonies which gave the forms so much of their royal and divine significance in the popular imagination."-- page 3.

subjects: Architecture,  Christian art and symbolism,  Medieval Architecture,  Roman Architecture,  Symbolism in architecture,  Symbolism in art,  Villa Adriana, S. 145,  Diokletianspalast,  Architektur,  S. 130,  Symbolik,  Portale mit Baldachinen, S. 44 ff,  Spätantike

Places: Italy,  Rome