Cesare Orlandi (Città della Pieve, 26 July 1734 – Perugia, 20 December 1779) was an Italian writer and historian. He was a nobleman of Fermo, Atri and Città della Pieve,It is written at the bottom of the drawing on first page of volume I of his book Delle città d'Italia and he's known only for his work Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti [sic] compendiose notizievolume I (1770-1778), which contains comprehensive details and high-quality landscape views of many Italian cities (a landscape view is attached at the beginning of each section and for each city). It was published in volumes over almost a decade (1770-1778). He is likely to be the "Abatte Cesare Orlandi" who edited and published an edition of Cesare Ripa's "Iconology" in 1764, which contains a portrait.
The work was unfinished at his death in 1779, and the Italian cities covered in his work span from letter A (Volume IC. Orlandi - Volume I) to letter C (Volume VC. Orlandi - Volume V). The work is often a valuable source of information about the structure, architecture, history and social organization of many Italian cities up to the XVIII century.
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See also Città della Pieve Perugia
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