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Frick maps Series, 1943 - 1945

 Series

Scope and Contents

The so-called 'Frick Maps' are photostat cultural town plans prepared and issued by The Frick Reference Library to assist military personnel with identifying principal historical monuments of Italian towns and their locations during World War II. The Committee of the American Council of Learned Societies on Protection of Cultural Treasures in War Areas spent two years (1943-1945) in the Frick Library alongside librarians and photographers to detail and locate the principal cultural sites and art treasures of Europe. These maps were assembled, in part, by using the Harvard Lists. Those relating to the Italian towns were 144 in total. Below, the list of towns and areas from this Series:

A
9 items: Agrigento, Ajaccio (Corsica), Alban Hills, Ravello and Amalfi, Aosta, Aquila, Aquileia, Assisi, Asti.
B
11 items: Bari, Barletta, Belluno, Bergamo, Biella, Bitonto, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Bressanone, Brindisi.
C-E
22 items: Cagliari, Caltanisetta, Campobasso, Capodistria (provincia di Pola), Capri (island of), Capua, Carrara, Casale Monferrato, Cassino, Castellammare di Stabia, Catania, Catanzaro, Cefalù, Cesena, Chieti, Città di Castello, Civitavecchia, Como, Cosenza, Cremona, Crotone, Enna.
F
8 items: Faenza, Ferrara (2 copies), Fiume, Foggia, Foligno, Forlì, Formia.
G-I
7 items: Gaeta, Gallipoli, Genoa, Gorizia, Grado, Gubbio, Ivrea.
L
5 items: Lanciano, Lecce, Locri, Lodi, Lucera.
M-O
11 items: Mantova, Matera, Merano, Messina, Metaponto, Milano, Modena, Molfetta, Novara, Orvieto, Otranto.
P
14 items: Padova, Palermo, Palestrina, Parenzo, Parma, Pavia, Perugia, Piacenza, Pinerolo, Pirano (provincia di Pola), Pola, Potenza, Pozzuoli.
R
14 items: Ravello, Randazzo, Ravenna, Reggio di Calabria, Reggio Emilia, Rieti, Rimini, Rome (2 copies), Province of Rome, Rome suburban, Rovereto, Rovigo, Ruvo di Puglia.
S
12 items: Salerno, Saluzzo, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Sassari, Savona, Segesta, Selinunte, Syracuse, Sorrento, Spoleto, Sulmona, Susa.
T
13 items: Taormina, Taranto, Tarquinia, Tarquinia (environs), Teramo, Terni, Tivoli, Todi, Torino, Trani, Trento, Treviso, Trieste.
U-Z
8 items: Udine, Veii, Venezia, Vercelli, Verona, Vicenza, Viterbo, Zara.

Reference number

WDA-MAP

Dates

  • 1943 - 1945

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The War Damage Archive is accessible by appointment with the archivist.

Extent

120 Sheets (15 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The Frick maps are arranged in alphabetical order.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the British School at Rome Archive & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Via Gramsci, 61
Rome 00197 Italy