STARTING FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN TO DOCUMENT THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF ROME, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURAL AND URBANIZED LANDSCAPE IS REPRESENTED BY REWORKING THE PICTORIAL ICONOGRAPHY OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY GRAND TOURS. THE IMAGE OF THE RUINS OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT ROME ISOLATED IN THE MAGNIFICENT LANDSCAPE OF THE ROMAN COUNTRYSIDE IS REPLACED BY THAT OF AN UNSTOPPABLE URBANIZATION CROSSED TODAY AS THEN BY GRAZING FLOCKS.