Saturday, July 26, 2008

from Travels Through the Low Countries by John Ray, 1738


Proceeding on still twelve miles (after crossing river Arta, sic), we came to Piacenza, a city, for bigness not inferior to Parma, and for strenght superior (being well walled and trenched about, and having a strong citadel) but not so handsome and well built.

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