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Reggio Calabria Italia

title: EARTHQUAKE OF 1783

subject date: 2008-06-11

caption: EARTHQUAKE ''Terrible catastrophe in Sicily and Calabria due to the earthquake of 5 February 1783''. The cities of Reggio Calabria and Messina (in the foreground) destroyed by the cataclysm: the estimated number of victims caused by the earthquake was around 60,000 deaths. Following the event, the Bourbons established the first anti-seismic regulation in Europe. Colored woodblock print, France 1784.

category: HIS

city: Reggio Calabria

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Italia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

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place: Reggio Calabria

Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 60572

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XVIII

image epoch: Settecento

licence: RM

subject century: XVIII

subject epoch: Settecento

technique: Xilografia colorata

id: 22337

file name: FSNgilardi_60572.jpg

keywords

earthquakeseaquakedisastersSicilyCalabriaReggio CalabriaMessinaItalydisastersEighteenth centurySouthern Calabria earthquake of 1783Reggio and Messina earthquake of 1783Strait of Messinaseismic sequenceKingdom of SicilyKingdom of NaplesRegnum Siciliae citra PharumRegnum Siciliae ultra Pharumpre-unification states