Pamplona – Important defensive work on San Cristóbal hill, being carried out by the Military Engineers Corps
Document number:
2527
Engraver:
Rico
Printer:
Imprenta, esterotipia y galvanoplastia de Aribau y Cª, sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid
Book/ Album / Dossier:
Ilustración española y americana, la : museo universal : periódico de ciencias, artes, literatura, industria y conocimientos útiles
Format date:
1881
Topic date:
1881
Physical description:
1 24 x 33 cm engraving on a 28 x 40 cm page
Notes:
22nd of April 1881 edition. Autographed. (Drawing by N[emesio] Lagarde). "Bearing in mind Pamplona’s exceptional importance in our country’s defensive system [...], it it was decided recently to transform the area around the town into a huge field with trenches to build a series of exterior forts, and improve...its defensive capacity".
Subjects:
Art and Architecture-Military buildings-Forts Science and Technology-Tools Communications-Means of transport-Carriages Trades-Workers