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Viaggio da Gerusaleme per le coste della Soria by Giovanni Mariti

Biography
Biography

Excerpts
English from Mariti (1787)

Present state of the City of Seida.
CHAPTER VIII.

... Even nowadays, strong earthquakes are felt in those regions; and in 1759 there were some very strong ones that did immense damage, which if they had tall portcullis (?) buildings, would certainly have seemed much more vigorous and more terrible.

Italian from Mariti (1787)

Stato preſente della Città di Seida.
CAPITOLO VIII.

... Si sentono anche ai giorni nostri delle fiere scosse di terremoti in quelle rehioni; e nel 1759 ce ne furono di quelle fierissime che fecero anche dei danni immensi, che se trovati averssero gli alti edifizj saracineschi, cerramente sarebbero sembrati molto piu gagliardi, e terribili.

Chronology
Date Reference Corrections Notes
1759 CE 1759 none
Seismic Effects
  • in 1759 there were some very strong [earthquakes] that did immense damage
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