2-887-996 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Large View of Rome [key], 1850. Map of the city drawn in Rome by G. Thomas and by Walter Mason '...from a point on the Janiculum, close to the Gate of San Pancrazio...the numbers in the foreground refer to prominent localities in the siege operations...effects of the assault in the direction of the Porta Cavallegieri...entrenchments...scene of the fiercest part of the struggle, viz. the rear of the Pauline Fountain, and the Church of S. Pietro in Montorio, together with the Villa Spada...where the Roman troops had a battery, and close to which was their great stronghold, Bastion No. 8. It was through the breach in the walls contiguous to this spot that the French made their final and successful assault, on the night of the 29th of June. The letters A A A A show the course of the river Tiber...other numbers indicate remarkable places and the principal structures...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.