What city is shown here?

March 1, 2008 6:35 PM

Help me identify the city shown in this print -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/londergan/2302893417/
posted by srlbraintree to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Almost looks like Rome/Vatican City with Castel Sant'Angelo on the right, St. Peter's in the middle. Another print with both.
posted by starman at 6:43 PM on March 1, 2008

That looks like Rome. The dome just left of center is Saint Peter's in the Vatican, and the building on the right is Castel Sant'Angelo.
posted by stopgap at 6:43 PM on March 1, 2008

It COULD be an old London, Enland shot, with St. Pauls in the back left and maybe the tower of london on the right?

Though I think stopgap and starman are right and its this part of Rome...
posted by hylaride at 6:56 PM on March 1, 2008

could this be the westerplatte near danzig in poland? I think the fortified structure up there looked something like that.
posted by krautland at 7:43 PM on March 1, 2008

That's nothing like the Tower of London. I agree with stopgap. Here's a page with some views of Castel Sant'Angelo.
posted by normy at 10:13 PM on March 1, 2008

Starman has it. Definitely Rome. A view down the Tevere (Tiber) to Ponte Sant'Angelo. An almost identical print here. (I lived 200m from there for 3 years... can't mistake it!)
posted by NailsTheCat at 11:08 PM on March 1, 2008

I was trying to twist the Tower of London to fit, but it's definitely Rome, yes.

This picture from the links above is almost a perfect match.
posted by rokusan at 11:40 PM on March 1, 2008

It's Rome. Corot painting a famous work of exactly the same view.
posted by fire&wings at 2:37 AM on March 2, 2008

painted*
posted by fire&wings at 2:38 AM on March 2, 2008