the 3rd centenary of the birth of Giovanni Battista Piranesi is commemorated with the issue of a postal card showing the sole architectural work he undertook between 1764 and 1766 in the Magistral Villa of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. Graphics by Marcello Baldini.

Postcard commemorating the third centenary of the birth of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. On the left, the entire card represents the church of Santa Maria in Aventino (Rome), Piranesi’s sole architectural work, in the Magistral Villa of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. On the right, an imprinted stamp depicting the octagonal cross on a red shield.