Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg: Acquapendente & Tarvisio

Acquapendente is a small, strung-out town on a mountain, on the road from Siena to Rome, between the Lago di Bolsena and the River Paglia, which is crossed by a bridge with six spans." The view from the west highlights the town's dramatic location on a precipitous rock terrace. On the left of the town lies the cathedral of San Sepolcro, and in the centre, the church of San Francesco, whose prominent bell tower dates from the Renaissance. On top of the hill on the far right lies the Monastero di Santa Chiara, built in 1333 on a site formerly occupied by an imperial fortress. Acquapendente, which in 1499 became part of the Papal States, lies north of Lake Bolsena on the road that leads from Siena to Rome via Viterbo. Treviso is a noble town in the March of Treviso and very famous in the history of the Goths since the father of King Totila, who ruled in Verona and Treviso, took particular delight in this town and lived there himself, and his son Totila, who later became king of the Ostrogoths, was born and educated there. The city of Treviso has all the necessities of life in abundance, for it is very well supplied with grain, wine, other fruits and cattle. The city on the River Sile has many drinking fountains and magnificent buildings and houses." Good condition, good copy Published: Braun, G. - Hogenberg, F.: Civitates Orbis Terrarum. 1572-1617.