Information
To the colophon: In Bologna, for Clemente Maria Saffi, chamber printer, in July 1741.4°, pp. 107 with 5 large plates, folded several times, engraved on copper. Some small tears on the boards, in some cases restored. Modern hardcover, parchment insert, with calligraphic title on the plate.
Specialist Notes
the watercourse that comes to life from the confluence of the Ronco and Montone rivers is called FIUMI UNITI and is approximately 12 km long. Around 1260, Ronco and from around 1320 its neighbor Montone closed in around the walls of the city of Ravenna, surrounding it to the south and north-west respectively and then reuniting towards the Adriatic Sea. The two waterways exposed Ravenna several times to disastrous floods. The most destructive occurred in 1636, 1651, 1693, 1700 and 1715. To overcome the problem, a lock was built along the Montone: the San Marco lock, still visible, from which an artificial canal unfolds, dug in the direction of the Panfilio , which intercepts the course of the Ronco along the current SS 67, where the confluence of the two rivers is still visible. This work had notable repercussions on the events in the city of Ravenna: it is still remembered in the memory of the citizens that the bridge that crosses the Montone deviato was built with wooden planks and remained so until shortly before the Second World War. The infrastructure is still known as the Assi bridge, while the Ponte Nuovo which was built at the top of the Panfilio canal where the two rivers were brought together is still preserved as it was originally. The new canal port, which replaced the Panfilio, was built later, in 1748 when the new artificial canal was dug, recovering part of the abandoned bed of the Montone. The infrastructure today bears the name of the reigning Pope at the time of the works (Clement XII, born Lorenzo Corsini, 1730-40), although it is commonly called Candiano. Cardinal Giulio Alberoni, who was legate of Romagna from 1735 to 1739, managed to make the Ronco and Montone flow into the bed of the Panfilio canal, moving them away from the city. The realization of the work was illustrated in splendid colors by Bellardi, the cardinal's secretary, in this very rare "Historical Information".
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