Description: Reclus01_70 1875 Reclus print ROMAN BRIDGE AT ALCANTARA, EXTREMADURA, SPAIN, #70 Nice print titled Pont Romain d'Alcantara, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size 27 x 18 cm, approx. image size is 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol., 1875-94 (In English: The Earth and Its Inhabitants, 1878-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Alcántara, town, Cáceres provincia, in the Extremadura comunidad autónoma ("autonomous community"), western Spain, on a rock above the southern bank of the Tagus (Tajo) River just east of the Portuguese frontier. The walled town was named by the Moors after the six-arched Roman bridge Al-Qantarah (Arabic: "The Bridge"), which there spans the Tagus. Built in AD 105-106 in honour of the emperor Trajan, the bridge, 670 feet (204 m) long, was destroyed by the Moors in 1214 but was restored in 1543 and many times since. It has been called "one of the noblest Roman monuments in Spain." In 1218 Alcántara was given to an order of knights who, upon being given the town by Alfonso IX, took its name for their order. In addition to the bridge, notable landmarks include the church of Santa María de Almocóbar, dating from the 13th century, and that of San Benito (1576), which belonged to the convent (now ruined). Pop. (1981) 2,037.
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Style: Realism
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1875
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14'')
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Print Type: Engraving
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
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