Map of Padua, 1779-1784 (engraving)

Map of Padua, by Giovanni Valle, 1779-1784, 18th Century, engraving Whole artwork view. Map representing with topographic precision the city of Padua at the end of the Eighteenth Century; the triangular shaped, urban area is circumscribed by the city walls and the net of drains; the map is framed by the reproduction of some of the monumets and places in the city, within squares alternating to grotesques and cartouches; the inferior side contains the view of Prato della Valle flanked by two tables of contents Italy, Veneto, Padua, Galilean Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts.