Lettere Patenti for 1703 Roman earthquake damage (IMAGE)

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Lettere Patenti for 1703 Roman earthquake damage

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Reproduction of a Lettere Patenti, dated 16 April 1703, relating to damage in a building between San Giovanni dei Fiorentini and the Banco di S. Spirito, which explicitly mentions that the damage to be repaired had been caused by the earthquake. The word 'terremoto' (earthquake in Italian) is circled.

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Seismological Research Letters

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