Contents: Sommario - Introduction - Servio Tullio prende il treno - Mixing memory and desire - heritageography in Modern Rome - Confronting the "classical" - Roots and regulations. I - Termini Before Termini - Walls and Gauls - The area of Termini in antiquity - Sunlit symbolism - Termini from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century - Return to the villa - Archaeology and commerce in the Enlightenment. II - Termini I - From Papal Station to Italian Station - "Chemin de fer, chemin d'enfer" - Building a papal railway - The expropriation of Villa Massimo - A Station is born - Excavating the Servian wall - Focal point of the nation - Destruction and discovery. III - The Five Hundred and the Lion. Negotiating Terms at Termini - Remembering a King and five hundreds soldiers - The Dogali monument - Restaging empire - The archaeological exhibition of 1911 - The obelisk and the lion - The fascist takeover at Termini. Termini II - Fascist Flanks, Roman Dinosaur - "The first and last salute from Rome" - Debating the future of Termini - Enter Mazzoni - The modern and the classical War - From optimism to opportunism - Changing façades - the post-war competition and the final design - The last debate - Terminating Termini. Conclusion - Servio Tullio perde il treno? - Heritageography, memory and desire - Cornered stones, cornerstone. (Papers of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, 65)

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