https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/9c5266b1548350be1b4290a0efbf373c.jpg 502feab9d02a2bfec9cfbd82ca3f8c53 Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Margani House and Tower Description An account of the resource Situated near the heart of the ancient city and within the densely packed abitato, the Margani complex provides useful insights into the types of residences Roman nobles owned and controlled during the medieval period. The edifice was constructed prior to 1305 and, in that year, was occupied by the prosperous Margani family. Throughout the next two centuries, the Margani built up the complex, much of which we can still visit today. The Margani complex was composed of a three and four story mansion packed with residential spaces and a walled courtyard likely filled with a luscious garden. Beyond its imposing size, architectural decorations testified to this family’s status as nobility. A portico propped up by slender columns and Ionic capitals—examples of valuable Roman spolia—embellished the façade. A partial Roman cornice (band of decorative molding that projects off of a façade to frame an architectural feature) also ornamented the complex’s main entrance. Of all the Margani mansion’s extant features, however, the brick tower is perhaps the most important. In the medieval period, the Margani tower would have been one among countless family towers looming over the Roman cityscape. Between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, towers sprang up across the abitato and disabitato as a result of a rise in city-based living and noble settlement within the Aurelian walls. In addition to profoundly altering the city’s skyline, towers played prominently into local power dynamics by demarcating zones of influence and serving as fortified spaces during armed conflicts. Though the Margani tower no longer stands at its original height, it still serves as a fruitful reminder of this remarkable urban process. As you walk throughout the modern city keep an eye out for remnants of the great family towers that dominated the Roman landscape during the medieval period, as well as the large decorated mansions and complexes that encompassed them. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nate Grein (2017), edited by Sam Jackson (2027) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Krautheimer, Richard. Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308. Hong Kong: Princeton University Press, 1980. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context marganitower_2015 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Via Margana, 4, 00186 Roma RM Abstract A summary of the resource. Situated near the heart of the ancient city and within the densely packed abitato, the Margani complex provides useful insights into the types of residences Roman nobles owned and controlled during the medieval period. The edifice was constructed prior to 1305 and, in that year, was occupied by the prosperous Margani family. Throughout the next two centuries, the Margani built up the complex, much of which we can still visit today. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1300s Type The nature or genre of the resource Place Towers