View of Portus

Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1580

Numbers are used to identify specific buildings in the scene. For example, number 2 is the main gate that leads to Rome, "Porta precipua Romana", number 4 is the "Aquaeductus", and 10 indicates the walls which surround and protect the port.

This view measures 400 mm (over 15 3/4 inches) by over 540 mm (21 1/2 inches).

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