Nolli App

Navigating with a map that is more than 200 years old, why would I do that?

It is useful

Despite its age, this map is still incredibly valid for most parts of the Roman center. Of course some chan­ges are observable, but Rome is an ancient city and the historic center has not changed all that much (as you will see when using the app).
Basically what is an important tourist attraction in the Rome of today in most cases was already important at the time of Giovanni Battista Nolli.

It is fun

It is quite entertaining to find your way with this app.
Pedestrian navi­gation is very dif­fer­ent from navi­gating with a ve­hicle. It is not necessary to know every street or turn, just go into the right direction.
And you will dis­cover a lot of inter­esting things that might not have caught your attention using a dif­ferent map.

It is instructive

By using this app you can learn a lot about the city, how it changed and where the "eternal" features are lo­cated, those that have not changed.
You will see more than others and enhance your view with this extra­ordinary historic document.

The Nolli Map

When Giambattista Nolli released his “Nuova Topografia di Roma” (New Topography of Rome) in 1748 after 12 intense years of surveying and en­graving, it instantly became the reference representation of the Eternal City – and remained so for centuries.

Fine detail

This map is incredibly detailed and feature rich, con­taining churches, an­tique sites, aque­ducts, obelisks, foun­tains, tow­ers, public build­ings, palaz­zoes, city walls and much more.
Hundreds of buildings are de­pict­ed with their ground floor; terrain slopes are repre­sented by hatches.
With Nolli app you get this magni­ficent detail and graphics other maps do not provide.

All Digital

The 12 original map sheets have been seamlessly merged into one large map. All 1320 numbered features and the struc­ture of the two original indices have been digitized and inte­grated.
The projection has been adapted to allow for overlay comparison with the current situation.

Hires offline map

All historic map data is inte­grated for offline use in high resolution so you do not require an internet connection for brows­ing the Nolli map.
Save on roaming costs.