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    "localId": "n8710p90c",
    "label": "Plan des catacombes de Syracuse ; intérieur d'une des chambres sépulcrales des catacombes",
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    "contentType": "map",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plan des catacombes de Syracuse ; intérieur d'une des chambres sépulcrales des catacombes",
    "description": "Syracuse, the main city of classical Sicily, was settled by the Corinthians in the 8th century BCE. By the 2nd century CE, Syracuse was under Roman control, and it was during this time that the first burials took place in the area now known as the Catacombs of San Giovanni. Displayed here in this late 18th-century print, the catacomb complex is believed to have been built upon existing aqueducts and cisterns used by ancient Syracuse residents. The map illustrates the pathways in the underground complex, along with large open spaces called rotundas and their occuli, or skylights, while the scene below depicts an expedition in the sepulcher.",
    "date": "[\"[1786]\"]",
    "year": 1786,
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:n8710p90c",
    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
    "reuseAllowed": "no restrictions",
    "language": "French",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_016076",
    "creators": [
        "Renard, Jean Augustin, 1744-1807",
        "Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831",
        "Desprez, Louis-Jean, 1743-1804"
    ],
    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
    ],
    "subjects": [
        "Catacombs--Italy--Syracuse--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Catacombs--Italy--Syracuse--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800",
        "Syracuse (Italy)--Maps--Early works to 1800"
    ],
    "subjectsGeographic": [
        "Europe",
        "Italy",
        "Sicily",
        "Siracusa",
        "Syracuse"
    ],
    "genreBasic": [
        "Maps"
    ],
    "typeOfResource": [
        "Cartographic"
    ],
    "country": "Italy",
    "city": "Syracuse",
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    "source": "import",
    "pubPlace": "[Paris]",
    "publisher": "[Imprimerie de Clousier]"
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    "extent": "1 map and 1 illustration on 1 sheet ; 17 x 24 cm and 15 x 23 cm, on sheet 49 x 34 cm",
    "notes": [
        "Map and illustration of the Catacombs of San Giovanni.",
        "From Jean Claude Richard de Saint Non's Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, quatrième volume, seconde partie (Paris : Imprimerie de Clousier, 1786).",
        "Map oriented with north to the upper right.",
        "Map includes 4 illustrations.",
        "In upper left of map: No. 520.",
        "In upper left of illustration: No. 521."
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