The Strada maggiore is a street leading from the gate of the same name to the centre of the city
Bologna. View in the Strada Maggiore.
Tag: Travel
Historical travel literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. The discovery of the world
England. Kensington Palace Garden, London.
Kensington Gardens are not great, nor abounding in fine plants, but the walks and grass laid out are very fine, describes Gibson.
Lago di Garda from above Desenzano.
A picturesque tour of Italy, from drawings made in 1816-1817 by James Hakewill and William Turner.
Interior of the Great Temple at Baalbek.
The ruins of Baalbek. Drawn from nature by W. H. Bartlett
The Louvre and Tuileries at Paris.
The Louvre and the Tuileries, were once central residences of the French monarchies
Château d’Amboise. The character of a royal fortress.
AMBOISE is the only castle in France, which has had the honour of being sketched by Leonardo da Vinci.
Lake Lugano. The Italian lakes.
Lake Lugano is a glacial lake with Mediterranean climate, between the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland and Lombardy in Italy.
Military Baccalaureate Examination in Sin Tcheou Fou.
Atlas of the Indochina Exploration Tour by Doudart de Lagree (1823-68), published in Paris in 1874.
The Siberian or Manchurian Tiger (Felis tigris mongolica)
The tiger is, and apparently always has been, an essentially Asiatic animal
La Gomera. The Canary Islands.
The favourite anchorage of Christopher Columbus on his voyages of discovery.