Andria it was already well known in past centuries when it was also represented on ancient maps. Today, VideoAndria.com wants to show its readers an important document kept in the archives of Spanish Ministry of Culture:
According to what can be seen from the description, the map represents the area “of the whole Land of Bari and its borders which shows all the efforts that have been made and are being made to protect the other provinces of the Kingdom from contamination coming from the city of Combersano“. The reference is evidently to the spread of cases of infection Of plague which also interested the Puglia in that historical period. The work, reports the Spanish Ministry, is based on in situ drawings by Bartolome Matino. A detail:
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These are some technical details of the ancient map:
References: Maps, plans and drawings (1503-1805). Volume I: page 166
References: Fernández-Santos Ortiz-Iribas, Jorge, 2010. The ‘good Roman taste’ of the viceroys II: Christoph Schor and Francesco Solimena, standard bearers of Arcadian taste in the service of the Duke of Medinaceli”. In: Le Dessin Napolitain Rome: De Luca Editori, p. 226 [riprodotto, annotato] .
The common Italian millet was chosen as the type of millet is not specified.
Explanation with alphabetical key. Eight-pointed compass rose with lily facing NW. Letters in Italian
Manuscript on paper. Ink and colors washed
Signs decorated like a flag and like a curtain in the wind
Geographical scope: Covers the Puglia Region, mainly the Province of Bari and part of the Basilicata Region
AGS. Provincial Secretariats, Files, 00164. With letter from the Count of Santisteban to the King, dated 23 February 1691
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