BEECH AND PINE WOODS OF RAVENNA,Basin of the PO,Italy,Antique Map

HISTORICAL MAP CHART

RAVENNA, a city and archiepiscopal see of Emilia, Italy, capital of the province of Ravenna, standing in a marshy plain I3 ft. above sea-level, 6 m. from the sea and 45 m. by rail east of Bologna. Pop.of 1881 was 34,270 (commune). The industries are few, the growing of wine, breeding of silkworms, making of agricultural instruments, printing and the manufacture of laces being the chief. The town is connected with the sea by the Corsini Canal, the two small rivers Ronco and Montone no longer serving as means of communication. Ravenna has railway communication with Bologna (via Castel Bolognese), Ferrara and Rimini, and by steam tram with Forli. At the mouth of the canal is a small harbour. No other city in the world offers so many and such striking examples of the ecclesiastical architecture of the centuries from the 5th to the 8th. The style is commonly called Byzantine; but some of the most striking features of the churches of Ravenna the colonnades, the mosaics, perhaps the cupolas are not so much Byzantine as representative of early Christian art generally. MAP IDENTIFIES THE RICE FIELDS, PINE WOODS, SWAMPS, BEECH WOODS IN THE ENVIRONS.

1890s Wood Engraving, Antique Map

Approximate Overall Size: 7 X 10 1/2 inches

CONDITION: Book Plate INTEXT MAP - Excellent Condition. Beautiful with excellent detail. There is Text on Front and Back Side.